| Name: | RAINBOW |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 1890 |
| Launched: | 25/03/1891 |
| Completed: | 03/1892 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 645 |
| Dimensions: | 3600disp, 300.0 x 43.0 x 17.4(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (33.5, 49 & 74 x 39ins), 9000ihp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 6.0ins, 6 x 1 x 4.7ins, 8 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 03/1892 | British Royal Navy |
| 1910 | Royal Canadian Navy |
| 1920 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Apollo Class |
| 1890: Tender price from Palmers was £163018 | |
| 1917: Converted to a depot ship at Esquimalt | |
| 1920: Broken up at Seattle |
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as HMCS RAINBOW copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives - James Stitt Matthews
Above photo as HMCS RAINBOW copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives - James Stitt Matthews
HMCS RAINBOW at Esquimalt, being converted to a depot ship
Brassey's illustration of the Apollo class 1897
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 23/03/1892