H.M.S. RAPID.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7265, 26 January 1889, Page 4

H.M.S. RAPID.

1 a««a6oa her Majesty's warahlp Eaptd «mved in port, ami VAB brought to moorinp3 doae to the GUd- >, :«tWM-tfm .|«Uai tjbe moles. She is on T J&er first Ti»t ta tik port, bat haa been on i for a little over two years, dnnng vatdx time she has been chiefly engaged in oraisini? to New Guinea andtSie adjacent idaods. She is a fine "looking:, composite bailt, screw corvette .of 143) tons displacement, and i4OO horee- > power. Her engine* are on the compound .surface condensing principle, and can f dove the vessel at a rate of 13knotein lioor. Under an economical rate of speed, she has saffident coal capwity to las^her i j» apassageoi hO days. She is, comoara- . ' Uveij ■!*«"«. » new vessel, and^ros not together a£ Deypnport in ISSa. Her 1 "S^^S o ""S*«^«4beamlsfc, She is with a shell-proof steel deck. extends over the inaja«nd •sj a -*w»»vShe is dividedinto ffi conipartaaeats. Her annacoD&isaJ of 10 »Inch breech-loadin« , gons, two ditto, two Kordenfeldt ; ! Gardner gona. The fiapid^i , S safler, fcUj bears out her name • was ! I SMowd at her pkce of bufld £ 1 1 -Sei>6enJ>er andTafttr serving for ; on tie West Coast of Africi she i * -was added to the Australian Squadron : Sbew^re-coinnussionedlastjeaiitSTd-l i and her present crew were brought U J3!ta the xeßefahjp Thalia. TbeXlw ! te * l^fy^L aWse « anc^and£er i m gi** B her » rather rakish look. Her