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She was commissioned on 4 August, 1910 for transfer to Esquimalt for service in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].{{RCNL1910-14|p. 3}}
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''Rainbow'' underwent natural draught trials off Plymouth on 13 May 1892, attaining an average of 19.45 knots over eight hours at 7,780 H.P., 780 more than stipulated in her contract.  Her forced draught trials delivered 20.2 knots at a power of 9,681 I.H.P., 681 in excess of the contractual minimum.{{NMI|16 May 1892, p. 10}}{{NMI|23 May 1892, p. 6}}
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Her first service appears to be her participation in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]] under the command of [[Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa]].
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''Rainbow'' was commissioned on 4 August, 1910 for transfer to Esquimalt for service in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].{{RCNL1910-14|p. 3}}
  
 
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa|nick=Count Frederick C. Metaxa|appt=11 July, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999}}|end=29 August, 1893<ref>Metaxa Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/110.|}} f. 880.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]|precBy=New Command}}
 
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Latest revision as of 09:15, 18 March 2021

H.M.C.S. Rainbow (1891)
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow[1]
Laid down: 1890[2]
Launched: 25 Mar, 1891[3]
Commissioned: 1892[4]
Sold: 1920[5]

H.M.S. Rainbow was one of twenty Apollo class second-class cruisers completed in the early to mid 1890s.

She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910, becoming H.M.C.S. Rainbow.

Service

Rainbow underwent natural draught trials off Plymouth on 13 May 1892, attaining an average of 19.45 knots over eight hours at 7,780 H.P., 780 more than stipulated in her contract. Her forced draught trials delivered 20.2 knots at a power of 9,681 I.H.P., 681 in excess of the contractual minimum.[6][7]

Her first service appears to be her participation in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1893 under the command of Count Frederick Cosmeto Metaxa.

Rainbow was commissioned on 4 August, 1910 for transfer to Esquimalt for service in the Royal Canadian Navy.Template:RCNL1910-14

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 16 May 1892, p. 10.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 23 May 1892, p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
  9. ↑ Metaxa Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/110. f. 880.
  10. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 251.
  12. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 219.
  13. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 219.
  14. ↑ Keppel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 168.
  15. ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), 11 July 1900, p. 9.
  16. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  17. ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
  18. ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 297.
  20. ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
  21. ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 398b.
  23. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  24. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  25. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  26. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  27. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  28. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  29. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Wikipedia page on the ship.

See Also

Bibliography


Apollo Class Second Class Protected Cruiser
Æolus Andromache Apollo Brilliant Indefatigable
Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad
Pique Rainbow Retribution Sappho Scylla
  Sirius Spartan Sybille  
  Terpsichore Thetis Tribune  
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