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RAPIDO

THE RAPIDO WAS A WOODEN BARQUE OF 303 TON WHICH HAD BEEN BUILT IN HARRINGTON CUMBERLAND IN 1855 FOR MONDEL & CO OF LIVERPOOL

SHE STRANDED IN CAMBRIDGE GULF, WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND WAS CONDEMMED AS A TOTAL LOSS ON 1ST FEBRUARY 1886

THERE WASA VESSEL CALLED RAPIDO WHICH WAS CONDEMMED FOR OPERATING AS A SLAVER ON THE EVIDENCE THAT THERE WERE TWO SLAVES FOUND  ONBOARD, HOWEVER ANOTHER 100 BODIES WERE FOUND ON THE RIVER BANK LATER.