Photo Gallery

"The Pets" photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
“The Pets”
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Chirgwin photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Chirgwin
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
"Ginger" the cat posing for a photo. (1910) photo source: Victoria Maritime Museum
“Ginger” the cat posing for a photo. (1910)
photo source: Victoria Maritime Museum
Ginger lounging in his hammock photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Ginger lounging in his hammock
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Post Card of a crew member from the Rainbow with their mascot, in Comox, B.C. photo source:Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Post Card of a crew member from the Rainbow with their mascot, in Comox, B.C.
photo source:Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Chirgwin and the Bear photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Chirgwin and the Bear
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Nap Time photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Nap Time
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
H.M.C.S. Rainbow officers (1911) photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
H.M.C.S. Rainbow officers (1911)
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
South America photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
South America
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
H.M.C.S. Rainbow Crew photo source:Maritime Museum of British Columbia
H.M.C.S. Rainbow Crew
photo source:Maritime Museum of British Columbia

 

Crew of HMCS Rainbow manually turning the capstain to raise the anchor. By 1910, weighing anchor was usually done by steam power, but manually operated capstans could serve as back-ups to powered equipment. Courtesy, CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum
Crew of HMCS Rainbow manually turning the capstain to raise the anchor. By 1910, weighing anchor was usually done by steam power, but manually operated capstans could serve as back-ups to powered equipment. Courtesy, CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum

 

Wedgewood and Reed doing laundry on the deck. (1913)
Wedgewood and Creed doing laundry on the deck. (1913)

 

crew cleaning photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
crew cleaning
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
prepping for dinner photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
prepping for dinner
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
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crew resting on the deck
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia

 

This sailor stands by HMCS Rainbow's emergency steering position under the ship's aft bridge. He wears a cap tally indicating service in the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, Pacific. Courtesy, George Metcalf Archival Collection
This sailor stands by HMCS Rainbow’s emergency steering position under the ship’s aft bridge. He wears a cap tally indicating service in the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve, Pacific. Courtesy, George Metcalf Archival Collection

 

about to remove guns from hill top photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
about to remove guns from hill top
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
removing guns from hill top photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
removing guns from hill top
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
The guns removed from Seymour Passage. photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
The guns removed from Seymour Passage.
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Crew leaving for Halifax after the Rainbow was decommissioned (1916) Image Source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Crew leaving for Halifax after the Rainbow was decommissioned (1916)
Image Source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Haines, Hose, Brown (Seymour Narrows) photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Haines, Hose, Brown (Seymour Narrows)
photo source: Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Rear-Admiral Walter Hose photo source: Victoria Maritime Museum
Rear-Admiral Walter Hose
photo source: Victoria Maritime Museum