HNoMS Rap (1873)
The Norwegian warship HNoMS Rap was a torpedo boat built in 1873. She was one of the first torpedo boats to carry the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo after being converted to use them in 1879, the same year the Royal Navy's HMS Lightning entered service. The name Rap (Rapp in the modern spelling) translates as "quick".
HNoMS Rap | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Norway | |
| Name | KNM Rap |
| Ordered | 1873 |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
| Laid down | 1873 |
| Launched | 1873 |
| Commissioned | 1873 |
| Stricken | 1920 |
| Status | Preserved at the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 7 long tons (7 t) |
| Length | 18.2 m (59 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion | Compound steam engine, 100 hp (75 kW) |
| Speed | 14.5 knots (16.7 mph; 26.9 km/h) |
| Complement | 7 |
| Armament | Designed for a spar torpedo, later two 'frames' for Whitehead torpedoes |
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