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HMVS ''Albert'' was a
HMVS ''Albert'' was built by Armstrong, Mitchell and Co. of Elswick, United Kingdom. Completed in early 1884, she made the voyage to Victoria in company with HMVS ''Victoria'' and HMVS ''Childers'', arriving on 25 June.
Her time in service with the colonial navy was brief and uneventful, receiving an update for her main gun in 1890 before being paid off to reserve in 1893. In 1897 she was sold to the Victorian Public Works Department. During World War I, Albert was requisitioned with the intention of converting her to a tug, however this was cancelled before work began and she was disposed of in 1917.
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
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of the Victorian Naval Forces
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which was requisitioned for service with the Royal Australian Navy
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during World War I
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Operational history
HMVS ''Albert'' was built by Armstrong, Mitchell and Co. of Elswick, United Kingdom. Completed in early 1884, she made the voyage to Victoria in company with HMVS ''Victoria'' and HMVS ''Childers'', arriving on 25 June.
Her time in service with the colonial navy was brief and uneventful, receiving an update for her main gun in 1890 before being paid off to reserve in 1893. In 1897 she was sold to the Victorian Public Works Department. During World War I, Albert was requisitioned with the intention of converting her to a tug, however this was cancelled before work began and she was disposed of in 1917.
Similar ships
''Albert'' was an earlier and slightly smaller near-sister ship of ''Gayundah'' and ''Paluma'' which were also built in 1884 and served with the colony ofQueensland
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. This class was built to a type B1 flat-iron gunboat
Flat-iron gunboats (more formally known as Rendel gunboats) were a number of classes of coastal gunboats generally characterised by small size, low freeboard, the absence of masts,Some Rendel-type gunboats were fitted with masts (the British ''Med ...
design from builders Armstrong Mitchell and Co.
See also
*List of Victorian Naval Forces ships
List of Ships of the Victorian Naval Forces, 1855–1901:
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References
*''Warships of Australia,'' Ross Gillett, Illustrations Colin Graham, Rigby Limited, 1977, {{ISBN, 0-7270-0472-7
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* Colonial navies of Australia - Victoria
*List of Royal Australian Navy ships
Since its foundation in 1913, the Royal Australian Navy has operated a large number of vessels, including various types of warships, support and supply warships.
Current ships
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Bibliography
*''Warships of Australia,'' Ross Gillett, Illustrations Colin Graham, Rigby Limited, 1977, {{DEFAULTSORT:Albert Gunboats of the Victorian Naval Forces 1884 ships Auxiliary ships of the Royal Australian Navy Victorian-era gunboats Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth