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{{Other ships|HNoMS Rapp}}

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The '''''Rapp''-class torpedo boats''' were a class of six [[torpedo boat]]s built in [[Norway]] for the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] from 1952 to 1956. They were the first Norwegian-built torpedo boats after World War II, and were designed in light of experience from operations in this war. The boats were slightly larger than the [[PT boat#Elco|Elco class]].

All six boats were built by [[Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted]], [[Mandal, Norway|Mandal]], with the first, ''Rapp'' launched on 7 May 1952 and completed on 18 November 1952. The five remaining boats were completed between 1953 and 1956. All six boats were stricken in 1970.<ref name="Conways47 p293"/>

The class was designed, constructed and scale tested by [[Harald Henriksen]] in 1946. The same design was used for 16 patrol boats delivered to the [[Sweden|Swedish]] navy. Henriksen later designed the [[Storm class patrol boat|Storm class]], the [[Snøgg class patrol boat|Snøgg class]] and the [[Hauk class patrol boat|Hauk class]].{{Citation needed|reason=this needs a reliable source - in particular there appears to be no record of any Swedish class of 16 patrol boats of similar size or timescale to the Rapp class|date=March 2012}}

==Boats in class==
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* ''Rapp'' P 351
* ''Rask'' P 352
* ''Kvikk'' P 353
* ''Kjapp'' P 354
* ''Snar'' P 355
* ''Snögg'' P 356

==References==
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* Blackman, Raymond V. B. ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63''. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1962.
* Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995''. Annapolis, Maryland USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. {{ISBN|1-55750-132-7}}.

{{Norwegian patrol boats}}

[[Category:Torpedo boats of the Royal Norwegian Navy]]
[[Category:Patrol boat classes]]
[[Category:Patrol vessels of the Royal Norwegian Navy]]


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