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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

PALUMA large 'flatiron' gunvessels (1884)

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

 

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

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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

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