HMVS Gordon

History
Colony of Victoria
Name	HMVS Gordon
Ordered	5 February 1885[1]
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes[1]
Yard number	606[1]
Launched	1884
History
Australia
Name	HMAS Gordon
Commissioned	1911
Fate	Rammed and sunk 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	Torpedo boat
Displacement	12 tons
Length	56 ft (17 m)
Beam	9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Draught	4 ft 10 in (1.5 m)[1]
Installed power	150 ihp (110 kW)
Propulsion	Compound surface-condensing steam engine
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	11[1]
Armament	3 x 1-inch Nordenfelt guns 2 x torpedo dropping gear

HMVS Gordon was a torpedo boat operated by the Victorian Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces, and the Royal Australian Navy. She was launched in 1884 and lost in an accident in 1914.