HMVS Victoria (1855)

For other ships with the same name, see HMVS Victoria.

Her Majesty's Colonial Steam Sloop Victoria, dressed for the visit of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh in 1867
Her Majesty's Colonial Steam Sloop Victoria, dressed for the visit of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh in 1867
History
Victoria
Launched30 June 1855
Acquired31 May 1856
Decommissioned1880
HomeportMelbourne, Victoria
FateSold into civilian service
General characteristics
TypeSloop-of-war
PropulsionCombined steam/sail
Armament
  • In 1856:
  • 1 × 9 ft 6 ins pivot gun
  • 2 × 6 feet 25 cwt 32-pounder guns
  • In 1867:
  • 4 × 32-pounder guns
  • 1 × 40-pounder Armstrong BL pivot gun
  • 2 × 12-pounder brass field gun

HMVS Victoria (Her Majesty's Victorian Ship; also referred to with the prefix HMCSS-Her Majesty's Colonial Steam Sloop) was a 580-ton combined steam/sail sloop-of-war built in England in the 1850s for the colony of Victoria, Australia.[1][2]: 60 

She was the second warship to be built for an Australian colonial navy, the first British-built ship given to a colony of the British Empire, and the first Australian warship to be deployed overseas when she supported New Zealand colonists during the First Taranaki War.

  1. ^ "Colonial Navies of Early Australia". Retrieved 23 August 2008.
  2. ^ Frame, Thomas R. (2004), No pleasure cruise : the story of the Royal Australian Navy, Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-74114-233-4