| Name: | RAPID |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/10/1883 |
| Completed: | 11/1883 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 515 |
| Dimensions: | 1042grt, 657nrt, 220.0 x 31.7 x 15.5ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (28 & 52 x 33ins), 99nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 89163 |
| History: | |
| 27/11/1883 | J Cory & Sons, Cardiff |
| 1899 | J Cory & Sons Ltd, Cardiff |
| 1911 | G Costanzo di F (CH Mills), Catania; renamed MARIETTA COSTANZO |
| 1927 | Soc Anon Catanese Imprese Trasporti, Catania; renamed SILA |
| 1930 | Cugini Lauro & Montella, Torre del Greco; renamed SIRENA |
| 1935 | Gennaro Montella (Lauro & Montella), Torre del Greco |
| 05/1941 | Italian Navy; renamed F 16 |
| 07/09/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 05/1941: Requisitioned by the Italian Government |
| 07/09/1941: Sank after being torpedoed by HM Submarine THUNDERBOLT | |
| 50 miles west of Benghazi on a passage from Tripoli to Benghazi |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 01/11/1883