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The Royal Canadian Navy

HMCS Rainbow

HMCS Rainbow was an Apollo-class protected cruiser. On August 4, 1910 at Portsmouth, England Rainbow was commissioned the first unit of the infant Royal Canadian Navy. During the WWI, apart from two submarines, she was the sole defender of Canada's Pacific seaboard.

Date: 1913

Format: Postcard

Reference: Photograph Nova Scotia Archives Navy: Ships: HMCS Rainbow

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