SMS Leipzig:
Displacement: 3,250 tons
Length: 341 ft waterline
Beam: 17.5 ft
Draught: 43.5 ft
Speed: 23 knots
Complement: 286
Armament: 10 × 104 mm (4.1 in) 40 cal guns (10 × 1)
10 × 1-pounder guns
4 machine guns
Could Commander Walter Hose, and the “First Ship” of the Royal Canadian Navy, have defeated the SMS Leipzig, or would HMCS Rainbow’s first taste of combat, be her last?