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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=c. mid August, 1893{{INF}}|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}} | {{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=c. mid August, 1893{{INF}}|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Leckie Hamilton Browne|nick=William L. H. Browne|appt=18 July, 1894{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10}}|end=|note=lent for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1894]]}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Carnegie Codrington Forsyth|nick=William C. C. Forsyth|appt=5 March, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 251}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Carnegie Codrington Forsyth|nick=William C. C. Forsyth|appt=5 March, 1895{{NLMar96|p. 251}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 219.</ref>|end=24 August, 1899<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 219.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1899]]}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Edward Errington Brock|nick=Frederic E. E. Brock|appt=11 July, 1899<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 219.</ref>|end=24 August, 1899<ref>Brock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|D7590035}} f. 219.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1899]]}} |
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H.M.C.S. Rainbow (1891) | |
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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
She 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.
- Commander Count Frederick C. Metaxa, 11 July, 1893[6] – c. mid August, 1893[Inference] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1893)
- Captain William L. H. Browne, 18 July, 1894[7] (lent for Annual Manoeuvres of 1894)
- Captain William C. C. Forsyth, 5 March, 1895[8]
- Captain Frederic E. E. Brock, 11 July, 1899[9] – 24 August, 1899[10] (for Annual Manoeuvres of 1899)
- Captain Colin R. Keppel, 10 July, 1900[11]
- Captain Thomas Y. Greet, 17 December, 1901[12] – 19 August, 1902[13]
- Captain Charles D. Granville, 20 August, 1902[14] – 14 July, 1905
- Commander James D. D. Stewart, 4 August, 1910[15]Template:RCNL1910-14 – 1 August, 1911[16] (to transfer to Canadian service)
- Commander Walter Hose, 24 June, 1911[17] – May, 1917 (and for charge of Esquimalt Dockyard)
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 76.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 10, 1893; pg. 10; Issue 33999.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 251.
- ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 219.
- ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 219.
- ↑ Keppel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 168.
- ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
- ↑ Greet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 483.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 297.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
- ↑ Stewart Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/136. f. 151.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 398b.
See Also
Bibliography