Apollo-class cruiser
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The Apollo class were second-class protected cruisers designed by Sir William White and built for the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. Twenty-one ships of this class were built, making it the larg
HMS Spartan, pictured in Norwegian waters in 1904
Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1897
HMCS Rainbow (1891)
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HMCS Rainbow was an Apollo-class protected cruiser built for Great Britain's Royal Navy as HMS Rainbow entering service in 1892. Rainbow saw time in Asian waters before being placed in reserve in 1909
Apollo-class cruiser
…1891 May 1893 Expended as blockship in 1918 Intrepid-type minelayer Pique Palmers, Jarrow 30 October 1889 13 December 1890 March 1893 Broken up in 1911 Rainbow Palmers, Jarrow 30 December 1889 25 March 1891 January 1893 1910 to Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Rainbow. Sold in 1920 Retribution Palmers, Jarrow 31…
HMCS Rainbow in 1910
HMCS Rainbow entering Esquimalt, 7 November 1910 (HS85-10-23189)
HMCS Rainbow in Vancouver's English Bay, where she was sent to guard the freighter Komagata Maru in July 1914