GAYUNDAH steel colonial gun vessels (2, 1884)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Paluma (Quuensland naval service), 1901- RAN		469	Armstrong Mitchell, Walker	1883	6.5.1884	1884	sold 1913
Gayundah (Queensland naval service), 1901- RAN		470	Armstrong Mitchell, Walker	1883	6.5.1884	1884	sold 1921

Displacement normal, t	360
Displacement full, t
Length, m	36.6
Breadth, m	7.93
Draught, m	2.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VC, cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	400
Max speed, kts	10.5
Fuel, t	coal 60
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Paluma: 1 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk VI, 2 x 1 - 37/30 1pdr Mk II, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94 Gayundah: 1 x 1 - 203/26 BL Mk VII, 1 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk VI, 2 x 1 - 37/30 1pdr Mk II, 2 x 1 - 11.4/94
Complement

Gayundah and Paluma were large flatiron gunboats. The first vessels ordered for Queensland's navy. 203mm gun was never mounted in Paluma.

None.

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.