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WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. PORT FORWARD QUARTER VIEWS OF THE VICTORIAN FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOATS HMVS CHILDERS (FOREGROUND) AND COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN (RIGHT BACKGROUND). BOTH VESSELS WERE BUILT IN LONDON. CHILDERS ARRIVED ON 1884-06-24 AND COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN IN 1891. BOTH TRANSFERRED TO COMMONWEALTH CONTROL IN 1901 AND TO THE RAN IN 1911. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE JETTY FROM THE COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN IS MOORED THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT STEAMER LADY LOCH, WHICH COULD SERVE AS AN AUXILIARY GUNBOAT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION, PRESENTED BY G. L. MACANDIE).
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1892-07-25. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE COMMISSIONING OF THE VICTORIAN FIRST CLASS TORPEDO BOAT COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN. SHE WAS COMMISSIONED BY LAUNCHING A TORPEDO TO SMASH A BOTTLE OF CHAMP
SYDNEY, NSW. 1884-06. COPY OF A LITHOGRAPH SHOWING PORT SIDE VIEWS OF THE VICTORIAN COLONIAL NAVY GUNBOATS HMVS ALBERT (LEFT) AND VICTORIA (RIGHT) AND THE TORPEDO BOAT HMVS CHILDERS (FOREGROUND). THE
PORT MELBOURNE, VIC. DETAIL VIEW OF THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT VESSEL HMVS LADY LOCH DISEMBARKING DIGNITARIES.
VICTORIA. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE TORPEDO BOAT HMVS CHILDERS EN ROUTE FROM WILLIAMSTOWN TO PORT PHILLIP BAY. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. C.1900. GROUP PORTRAIT OF MEMBERS OF THE SHIP'S COMPANY ABOARD THE TORPEDO BOAT HMVS CHILDERS AT THE DOCKYARD. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
SYDNEY, NSW. 1887. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE SCREW CORVETTE HMS DIAMOND IN FARM COVE. SHE IS CELEBRATING THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA. THE SHIPS IN THE BACKGROUND ARE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THE SCREW
