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1889. GUNBOAT PALUMA SHOWING HER PORT SIDE WHILST OPERATING AS A SURVEY VESSEL. PALUMA, BUILT IN ENGLAND FOR THE QUEENSLAND MARINE DEFENCE FORCES, ARRIVED IN BRISBANE ON 1885-05-07. SHE SPENT HER FIRST TEN YEARS OPERATING AS A SURVEY VESSEL WITH THE ROYAL NAVY BEFORE RETURNING TO QUEENSLAND CONTROL. IN 1901 PALUMA JOINED THE COMMONWEALTH NAVAL FORCES AND IN 1911 WAS INTEGRATED INTO THE RAN. THE SHIP SAW WW1 SERVICE UNTIL 1916 AFTER WHICH SHE PAID OFF AND IN 1918 WAS PURCHASED BY THE VICTORIAN PORTS AND HARBOURS DEPARTMENT AND RENAMED RIP. THE VESSEL WAS LAID UP IN 1949-01 AND SCRAPPED IN MELBOURNE DURING 1950-51. SHE WAS THE FIRST OF FOUR SHIPS TO BEAR THE NAME PALUMA. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
The gunboat Paluma which was brought to Australia by the British Admiralty arriving in May 1885. The Admiralty carried out survey work with the ship, until 1894, in northern Australia and the Great Ba
BRISBANE, QLD. 1893-02. STERN VIEW OF THE SURVEY SHIP HMS PALUMA, A QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT OWNED GUNBOAT LENT TO THE ADMIRALTY AND COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A SURVEY VESSEL, HIGH AND DRY IN T
SYDNEY, NSW. C.1892. STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE GUNBOAT HMS PALUMA. BUILT FOR THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT, THE PALUMA WAS LENT TO THE ADMIRALTY FROM 1884 TO 1895 FOR SURVEY DUTIES AND COMMISSIONED
BRISBANE, QLD. 1893-02. THE SURVEY SHIP HMS PALUMA, A QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT OWNED GUNBOAT LENT TO THE ADMIRALTY AND COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS A SURVEY VESSEL, HIGH AND DRY IN THE BOTANICAL G
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1949-10-14. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE VICTORIAN PORTS AND HARBOURS DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE VESSEL RIP ALONGSIDE NELSON PIER. HER ORIGINAL MASTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT AND NEW ONES STEPPED A
QUEENSLAND. 1898. THE CREW OF HER MAJESTY'S QUEENSLAND SHIP GAYUNDAH AT THE SHIP'S RECOMMISSIONING. COMMANDER DRAKE (SHIP'S CAPTAIN) IS STANDING BEHIND THE FLAG. HMQS GAYUNDAH (ABORIGINAL FOR LIGHTNIN
