Skip to main content
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Royal Museums Greenwich
Main navigation
Menu
Royal Museums Greenwich
Search
Close
Plan your visit
Back
Plan your visit
Tickets and prices
Getting here
Accessibility
Family visits
Group visits
School visits
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Adult: £22 | Child: £11
Members go free
Free
National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Free
Queen's House
Queen's House
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Royal Observatory
Royal Observatory
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Adult: £24 | Child: £12
Members go free
What's on
Back
What's on
Exhibitions
For families
Member events
Talks and tours
National Maritime Museum
Exhibitions
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition
See the world's greatest space photography at the National Maritime Museum
Cutty Sark
Family fun
Cutty Sark Easter holidays
Climb aboard Cutty Sark and enjoy workshops, live performances and fantastic family activities across the Easter holidays
National Maritime Museum
Family fun
Astronomers Take Over
This brand-new interactive gallery gives curious minds aged 4 to 104 the space to play, learn and explore!
Stories
Back
Stories
Maritime history
Space and astronomy
Art and culture
The ocean
Time
Royal history
Must-see artworks in the Queen's House
What to look out for in the inspiring new take on the Queen’s House’s displays in 2026
Artemis Programme: what you need to know about NASA’s Moon missions
NASA's Artemis missions aim to land humans on the Moon again, create a lunar base, and lay the groundwork for a future trip to Mars
'Observing the Universe reveals how small yet precious we are'
An accident led Takanobu Kurosaki to rediscover life’s beauty and fall in love with astrophotography. Explore his image shortlisted in ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025
Collections
Back
Collections
Conservation
Research
Donating items to our collection
Collections Online
Search our online database and explore our objects, paintings, archives and library collections from home
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
Come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation studio
Caird Library
Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
Learn
Back
Learn
School trips and workshops
Self-guided school visits
Online resources and activities
Booking an on-site schools session
Booking a digital schools session
Young people and youth groups
Support us
Back
Support us
Become a member
Donate
Corporate partnerships
Become a patron
Leave a legacy
Commemoration and celebration
Our sites
Cutty Sark
National Maritime Museum
Queen's House
Royal Observatory
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Beta
Back to all results
Explore our Collection
Objects
Library
Archive
Search our collection
filters…
Search
Item Category
Select…
Item Category
Item Category
Apply Filter
Type
Select…
Type
Type
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: general arrangement, armour
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines & profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, midship
Drawing
general arrangement, armour
Lines
Lines & Profile
Manuscript
medal, British: campaign medal: General Service Medal 1793-1840
Negative
Print
Roll film negative
sail
Sheet film negative
Technical drawing
War medal
water transport: fighting vessel: 10 gun boat
water transport: fighting vessel: brig
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: schooner
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, brig
water transport: service vessel: launch (24ft)
water transport: service vessel: packet
water transport: steam vessel: twin screw
Apply Filter
Materials
Select…
Materials
Materials
aquatint, coloured
black ink
blackprint
blue colourwash
brown colourwash
Celluloid sheet negative
Cellulose nitrate negative
engraving, wood
etching
graphite
graphite & pen & ink, brown
green ink
grey colourwash
lithograph, coloured
Ozatrace
paper
pencil
plastic
Polyester negative
red ink
sepia
silk
silver
watercolour
waxed linen
Apply Filter
Display Location
Select…
Display Location
Display Location
Not on display
Apply Filter
Creator
Select…
Creator
Creator
Ackermann, Rudolph
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd
Boryer, J
Bowen, Abel
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Cooke, Edward William
Corne, Michaele Felice
Day & Haghe
Department of Electrical Engineering
Director of Naval Construction
Hinton, A.
HM Admiralty
Marine Photo Service
Mitchell, William Frederick
Smart & Reeve
Thomas, Robert Strickland
Vernon, H. John
Wettern, Desmond Robert French
William Hay Wardrop, William Hay
Wyon, William
Apply Filter
Places
Select…
Places
Places
Admiralty House
Birkenhead
Cape Town
Firth of Forth
Gibraltar
Kristiansund
North Sea
Norwegian Sea
Plymouth Dockyard
Somerset House
The Solent
Apply Filter
Events
Select…
Events
Events
Napoleonic Wars: Action off Faro, 1808
Apply Filter
Vessels
Select…
Vessels
Vessels
Alexander (1833)
Avon (1805)
Briseis (1829)
Bristol (1969)
Calypso (1826)
Castilian (1808)
Cavalier (1944)
Cormorant (1877)
Cygnet (1840)
Espoir (1826)
Fairy (1826)
Frolic (1820)
Goldfinch (1808)
Harpy (1825)
Hearty (1824)
Helena (1843)
Hope (1824)
Hyaena (cancelled 1831)
Keppel (1954)
Lapwing (1825)
Magnet (1823)
Martha ca.1833 [British]
Musquito (1825)
Musquito (1851)
Myrtle (1825)
Oster (1908)
Pantaloon (1831)
Philomel (1823)
Pilot (1838)
Plover (1937)
Procris (1822)
Queen Mary (1936)
Rapid (1808)
Rapid (1829)
Rapid (1840)
Rapid (1860)
Rapid (1883)
Rapid (1916)
Rapid (1942)
Rapid 1804 [HMS]
Rapid 1840 [HMS]
Rapid ca.1820
Rapid ca.1828 [British]
Rapid ca.1833 [British]
Rapid class frigate group record
Rapido (1876)
Rapidol (1917)
Recruit (1829)
Redpole (1808)
Rover (1853)
Royalist (1823)
Sealark (1843)
Snake (1832)
Tartarus (1806)
Viceroy of India (1929)
Wasp (1806)
Water Witch (1832)
Wave Chief (1946)
Weazle (1822)
Apply Filter
People
Select…
People
People
(Italy)
Baugh, Henry
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
HMS
Jones, M J
Queen Victoria
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
William Hay Wardrop, William Hay
Apply Filter
Date Range
Select…
Date Range
Date From
Select...
1808
1823
1828
1834
1835
1838
1839
1848
1890
1907
1917
1919
1924
1930
1934
1940
1943
1944
1954
1960
1962
1971
1973
Date To
Select...
1808
1823
1828
1834
1838
1839
1845
1848
1890
1907
1918
1919
1924
1934
1939
1940
1943
1944
1954
1960
1962
1971
1973
Apply Filter
Show only:
With images
Applied Filters
Rapid
Clear all
showing 104 objects results
Sort by
Relevance
Object title/name
Object title/name (desc)
Finding reference
Finding reference (desc)
A very distant port bow view of the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Rapid (1942) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) while under way in the Firth of Forth (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) while under way in the Firth of Forth racing against the destroyer Cavalier (1944) (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea (Roll film negative)
A distant stern view of the Royal Navy destroyer Cavalier (1944) passing under the Forth Bridge in the Firth of Forth, seen from the frigate Rapid (1942) (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) while under way in the Firth of Forth (Roll film negative)
A very distant port bow view of the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Rapid (1942) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
A distant bow view of the Royal Navy destroyer Cavalier (1944) under way in the Firth of Forth racing against the frigate Rapid (1942) (Roll film negative)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Rapidol (1917) under way in coastal waters in the North Sea. (Sheet film negative)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Rapidol (1917) alongside the passenger liner Queen Mary (1936) at Cape Town. (Sheet film negative)
Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840 (War medal)
Sailing barge, Gravesend Steam Packet, Colliers (Print)
Sketch of Rapid 10 guns (Drawing)
A very distant port bow view of the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Rapid (1942) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
A very distant port bow view of the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Rapid (1942) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
A distant starboard side view of the Royal Navy destroyer Cavalier (1944) under way in the Firth of Forth racing against the frigate Rapid (1942) (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) bound out from Kristiansund, Norway. (Roll film negative)
Rapido (1876) (Negative)
Rapid (1916) (Negative)
Rapid class frigates (Technical drawing)
general arrangement, armour
Frolic (1820); Goldfinch (1808); Redpole (1808); Hope (1824); Magnet (1823); Procris (1822); Weazle (1822); Hearty (1824); Lapwing (1825); Harpy (1825); Fairy (1826); Espoir (1826); Calypso (1826); Recruit (1829); Rapid (1829); Myrtle (1825); Musquito (1825); Briseis (1829; and Hyaena (cancelled 1831) (Technical drawing)
First
Prev
Page
1
Page
2
Page
3
Current page
4
Page
5
Next
Last
Loading filters
Royal Museums Greenwich
Close
Search
Want to search our collection? Search here.
Back to top