Allied Warships

HMS Rapid (H 32)

Destroyer of the R class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassR 
PennantH 32 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
OrderedMay 1940 
Laid down16 Jun 1941 
Launched16 Jul 1942 
Commissioned20 Feb 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1952-1953.

Sunk as target off Pembroke on 3 September 1981.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Michael Wilfred Tomkinson, DSC and Bar, RN
11 January 1943 – February 1945
Promoted to Cdr. on 31 December 1944

Lt.Cdr. Francis Peter Baker, DSC, RN
February 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Rapid (H 32)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Michael Wilfred Tomkinson, DSC, RN11 Jan 1943Feb 1945
2Lt.Cdr. Francis Peter Baker, DSC, RNFeb 1945Oct 1945 ?

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