Английская Википедия:HMS Rainbow (N16)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Rainbow was a Шаблон:Sclass submarine built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s.
Design and description
The Rainbow-class submarines were designed as improved versions of the Parthian class and were intended for long-range operations in the Far East. The submarines had a length of Шаблон:Convert overall, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a mean draft of Шаблон:Convert. They displaced Шаблон:Convert on the surface and Шаблон:Convert submerged. The Rainbow-class submarines had a crew of 56 officers and ratings. They had a diving depth of Шаблон:Convert.[1]
For surface running, the boats were powered by two Шаблон:Convert diesel engines, each driving one propeller shaft. When submerged each propeller was driven by a Шаблон:Convert electric motor. They could reach Шаблон:Convert on the surface and Шаблон:Convert underwater. On the surface, the boats had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert submerged.[1]
The boats were armed with six [[British 21 inch torpedo|Шаблон:Convert]] torpedo tubes in the bow and two more in the stern. They carried six reload torpedoes for a grand total of fourteen torpedoes. They were also armed with a QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark IX deck gun.[2]
Construction and career
Rainbow ran aground in the English Channel off Ventnor, Isle of Wight, on 22 January 1932. She was refloated later the same day.[3]
Rainbow served in the Far East until 1940, when she moved to the Mediterranean. She left for a patrol off Calabria on 23 September 1940 [4] and was due to be back in Alexandria on 16 October, she was last heard from on 25 September. She is believed to have been sunk on 4 October in a collision with the Italian merchant ship Antonietta Costa, which reported striking a submerged object at 03:30, followed by a huge underwater explosion while sailing in convoy from Albania on that date.[5]
Until 1988 it was believed that Rainbow had been sunk by the Шаблон:Ship, but eventually it was determined that Шаблон:HMS was the submarine that Enrico Toti sank.[4]
Notes
References
External links
- Chatham-built submarines: HM Submarine Rainbow Шаблон:Webarchive
- HMS Rainbow at the Barrow Submariners Association
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Bagnasco, pp. 106–07
- ↑ Chesneau, p. 49
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite newspaper The Times
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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