HMS Rainbow (N16)
- Displacement
- 1,763 long tons (1,791 t)
- Length
- 87.48 m (287 ft)
- Beam
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Speed
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
- Complement
- 53
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
Service
- as HMS Rainbow18 January 1932 — 4 October 1940399 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Rainbow
- Pennant / hull number
- N16
- Builder
- Chatham Dockyard
- Ordered
- 28 January 1929
- Laid down
- 24 July 1929
- Launched
- 14 May 1930
- Commissioned
- 18 January 1932
- Fate
- Believed sunk on 4 October 1940 (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,763 long tons (1,791 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,030 long tons (2,063 t)
- Length
- 87.48 m (287 ft)
- Beam
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Speed
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
- Complement
- 53
- Main gun
- 120 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Rainbow was a Rainbow-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number N16. Chatham Dockyard laid her keel on 24 July 1929. She entered service on 18 January 1932, having been launched on 14 May 1930.
Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the Parthian-class submarine and was succeeded by the S class.
The boat displaced 1,763 long tons surfaced and 2,030 long tons submerged. She measured 87.5 m (287 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 53. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 399 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 4 October 1940. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Diesel-electric
- 2 × Admiralty diesel engines, 4,640 hp
- 2 × electric motors, 1,635 hp
- 2 shafts
- Armament
- 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern)
- 1 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX deck gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Rainbow (N16) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.