NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Paluma (Queensland till 1901)			Armstrong Mitchell, Walker, UK	1883	6.5.1884	1884	sold 1913
Gayundah (Queensland till 1901)			Armstrong Mitchell, Walker, UK	1883	6.5.1884	1884	sold 1921

Technical data

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 VCE, cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	400
Max speed, kts	10.5
Fuel, t	coal 60
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Paluma: 1 x 1 - 152/31 BL Mk V, 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 - 152/31 BL Mk V, 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. The 203mm gun was never mounted in Paluma.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.