List of ships of the Queensland Maritime Defence Force

List of ships of the Queensland Marine Defence Force, 1884–1901:

Overview

One of the many consequences of the Jervois-Scratchley reports was that the Queensland Marine Defence Force was formed. To equip the new force the colonial government purchased two gunboats and a torpedo boat. From this beginning eight further vessels were acquired to give Queensland the second largest fleet in the Australian colonies behind Victoria. With the federation of the Australian colonies, those vessels still in service joined the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1901 and the Royal Australian Navy when it was formed in 1911. No ship ever met the enemy in battle or fell victim to enemy action despite the fact that most went on to long, albeit in some cases humble, careers in both naval and private hands past World War II.

Vessels in Alphabetical Order

Contents: Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

B

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Bonito Auxiliary Gunboat Queensland Maritime Defence Force Auxiliary Gunboat 1884–unknown  
Bream Auxiliary Gunboat Queensland Maritime Defence Force Auxiliary Gunboat 1884–unknown Dive wreck Tangalooma

D

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Dolphin Auxiliary Gunboat Queensland Maritime Defence Force Auxiliary Gunboat 1884–unknown Dive wreck Tangalooma

G

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Gayundah Gunboat "Gayundah" Class 1884–1918 Breakwater Woody Point

M

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Midge Torpedo Launch   1887–1912  
Miner Mining Tender   1887–1901 Breakwater Bishop Island
Mosquito Torpedo Boat   1884–1910  

O

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Otter Patrol Vessel   1887–1906
Requisitioned WWI and WWII		  

P

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Paluma Gunboat "Gayundah" Class 1884–1916  
Pumba Auxiliary Gunboat Queensland Maritime Defence Force Auxiliary Gunboat 1884–1901  

S

Name Type Class Dates Notes
Stingaree Auxiliary Gunboat Queensland Maritime Defence Force Auxiliary Gunboat 1984–1895 Dive wreck Tangalooma

Vessels in Chronological Order by Class

"Gayundah" Class Gunboats

Torpedo Boat

Patrol Vessel

Auxiliary Gunboats

Torpedo Launch

Mining Tender

See also

References