Spanish cruiser Rapido

	SS Columbia
History
German Empire
Name	Columbia
Owner	Hamburg America Line
Operator	Hamburg America line
Builder	Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England
Yard number	V0564
Launched	27 February 1889
Fate	Sold to Spanish Navy 8 April 1898
Acquired	Purchased from Spanish Navy late 1898 or 1899
Fate	Sold to Imperial Russian Navy early 1904
Spain
Name	Rapido
Acquired	8 April 1898
Commissioned	20 April 1898
Fate	Sold to Hamburg America Line late 1898 or 1899
Russian Empire
Name	Terek
Acquired	Early 1904
Commissioned	25 August 1904
Stricken	December 1906
Fate	Scrapped 1907
General characteristics (Columbia as built)
Type	Passenger ship
Tonnage	7,241 or 7,383 gross register tons
Length	141.3 m (463.6 ft); 146.3 m (480.0 ft) (length overall);
Beam	17.0 m (55.8 ft)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engines, 2 screws, auxiliary sails
Speed	20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) (trials); 18.0 knots (33.3 km/h; 20.7 mph) (in service);
Capacity	220 first-class passengers; 120 second-class passengers; 800 third-class passengers;
Notes	3 masts, 3 funnels
General characteristics (as Rapido)
Type	Auxiliary cruiser
Displacement	9,500 tons
Length	145 m (475 ft 9 in)
Beam	16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Draft	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	12,500 horsepower (9,321 kW), twin screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	320
Armament	2 × 162 mm/35 breechloading guns; 2 × 140 mm/35 breechloading guns; 6 × 47 mm/44 quick-firing guns;
Armor	1 in (2.5 cm) deck; 4.5 in (11 cm) gun shields;
General characteristics (as Terek)
Type	Auxiliary cruiser
Displacement	10,000 tons
Length	139.9 m (459 ft 0 in)
Beam	17.1 m (56 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	13,300 hp (9,918 kW)
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Armament	2 × 120 mm/45 guns; 4 × 75 mm/48 guns; 8 × 57 mm guns;

Rapido was an auxiliary cruiser that served in the Spanish Navy during the Spanish–American War in 1898. Before her Spanish Navy service, she served as the commercial passenger ship SS Columbia for the Hamburg America Line from 1889 to 1898. She returned to commercial service as Columbia with Hamburg America from 1899 to 1904, but early in 1904 the Imperial Russian Navy purchased her for service as the auxiliary cruiser Terek during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905.

History
SS Columbia
German Empire
Name	Columbia
Owner	Hamburg America Line
Operator	Hamburg America line
Builder	Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England
Yard number	V0564
Launched	27 February 1889
Fate	Sold to Spanish Navy 8 April 1898
Acquired	Purchased from Spanish Navy late 1898 or 1899
Fate	Sold to Imperial Russian Navy early 1904
Spain
Name	Rapido
Acquired	8 April 1898
Commissioned	20 April 1898
Fate	Sold to Hamburg America Line late 1898 or 1899
Russian Empire
Name	Terek
Acquired	Early 1904
Commissioned	25 August 1904
Stricken	December 1906
Fate	Scrapped 1907
General characteristics (Columbia as built)
Type	Passenger ship
Tonnage	7,241 or 7,383 gross register tons
Length	141.3 m (463.6 ft) 146.3 m (480.0 ft) (length overall)
Beam	17.0 m (55.8 ft)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engines, 2 screws, auxiliary sails
Speed	20.5 knots (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) (trials) 18.0 knots (33.3 km/h; 20.7 mph) (in service)
Capacity	220 first-class passengers 120 second-class passengers 800 third-class passengers
Notes	3 masts, 3 funnels
General characteristics (as Rapido)
Type	Auxiliary cruiser
Displacement	9,500 tons
Length	145 m (475 ft 9 in)
Beam	16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Draft	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	12,500 horsepower (9,321 kW), twin screws
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	320
Armament	2 × 162 mm/35 breechloading guns 2 × 140 mm/35 breechloading guns 6 × 47 mm/44 quick-firing guns
Armor	1 in (2.5 cm) deck 4.5 in (11 cm) gun shields
General characteristics (as Terek)
Type	Auxiliary cruiser
Displacement	10,000 tons
Length	139.9 m (459 ft 0 in)
Beam	17.1 m (56 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	13,300 hp (9,918 kW)
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Armament	2 × 120 mm/45 guns 4 × 75 mm/48 guns 8 × 57 mm guns