Rainbow class submarine

Rainbow class submarine

The "Rainbow" class submarine or "R" class was a class of four submarines built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. They were designed as long range patrol submarines for the Far East and were essentially repeats of the preceding Parthian class submarines with minor modifications. Six ships were planned but two boats, HMS "Royalist" and HMS "Rupert" were cancelled for economic reasons.

hips

It is often stated that HMS "Rainbow" was sunk by the Italian submarine "Enrico Toti" but the submarine sunk by the "Enrico Toti" was HMS "Triad" - [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3405.html -Ref]

References

* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=47 - page from Uboat.net]
* [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/rainbow_class.htm -page from battleships-cruisers.co.uk]


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