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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Rainbow'', after the rainbow, a common meteorological phenomenon: * ''Rainbow'' was a 26-gun galleon launched in 1586. She was rebuilt in 1602, and again in 1617 to carry 40 guns. She was reconstructed about 1630 as a second rate of 54 guns. She was sunk as a breakwater in 1680. * was a 32-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1697 and sold in 1698. * was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1747. She was used as a troopship from 1776, was on harbour service from 1784 and was sold in 1802. * was a 16-gun brig-sloop captured from the French in 1806 and sold in 1807. * was a 28-gun sixth rate, previously the French ship ''Iris''. She was captured in 1809 by HMS ''Aimable'' and was sold in 1815. * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1823 and sold in 1838. * was an ''Albacore''-class wood screw gunboat launched in 1856. She was used as a survey vessel from 1857, and a training ship from 1873. She was sold in 1888. *HMS ''Rainbow'' was an ''Apollo''-class protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1910. They used her as a depot ship from 1917 and sold her into civilian service in 1920. * was a ''Rainbow''-class submarine launched in 1930 and sunk in a collision with the steamer ''Antonietta Costa'' in 1940. ==See also== *HMCS ''Rainbow'' was previously the American ''Tench''-class submarine USS ''Argonaut''. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1968 and was renamed HMCS ''Rainbow'', serving until 1974. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Rainbow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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