 HMQS Gayundah in 1890
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Queensland | |
| Name | Gayundah |
| Namesake | Aboriginal word for "lightning" |
| Builder | Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, Newcastle-on-Tyne |
| Cost | £35,000 |
| Launched | 13 May 1884 |
| Commissioned | 28 October 1884 |
| Fate | Transferred to Commonwealth Naval Forces 1901 |
| History | |
 Australia | |
| Name | Gayundah |
| Namesake | Aboriginal word for "lightning" |
| Acquired | 1901 |
| Decommissioned | 23 August 1918 |
| Fate | Sold for civilian use 1921. Breakwater since 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Armstrong type B1 flat-iron gunboat |
| Displacement | 360 tons |
| Length | 120 ft (37 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Installed power | 400 ihp (298 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft horizontal direct action compound steam engines |
| Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
| Range | 700 to 800 mi (1,100 to 1,300 km) |
| Endurance | 75 tons of coal |
| Complement | 55 |
| Armament |
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HMQS Gayundah was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy (as HMAS Gayundah). She entered service in 1884 and was decommissioned and sold to a civilian company in 1921. She then served as sand and gravel barge in Brisbane until the 1950s, when she was scrapped. In 1958, Gayundah was run aground at Woody Point near Redcliffe, to serve as a breakwater structure.