HMS Rainbow (N16)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rainbow.
HMS Rainbow was a Rainbow-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.
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HMS Rainbow at sea, bow and stern images | |
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Name | HMS Rainbow |
Ordered | 28 January 1929 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 24 July 1929 |
Launched | 14 May 1930 |
Commissioned | 18 January 1932 |
Identification | Pennant number: N16 |
Fate | Believed sunk on 4 October 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Rainbow-class submarine |
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Length | 287 ft (87 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
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Complement | 53 |
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