Rainbow-class submarine
Type of British submarines in service before and during WWII / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Rainbow-class submarine or R class was a quartet of patrol submarines built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s.
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Name | Rainbow class |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Parthian class |
Succeeded by | S class |
In commission | 1930–1946 |
Planned | 6 |
Completed | 4 |
Cancelled | 2 |
Lost | 3 |
Retired | 1 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Submarine |
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Length | 287 ft (87 m) |
Beam | 30 ft (9.1 m) |
Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
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Complement | 53 |
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