HMVS Victoria (I)
Launched 1855, delivered in 1856, this was one of Australia's first warships and was in my opinion a bit of eye candy as well, 176ft in length she was a jack of all trades, light house duties, patrols, cable laying and surveying to name just some.
Serving in the first Taranaki War, she ferried troops across the ditch to serve as well as bolster naval efforts there, to avoid legal troubles she was considered as a commissioned auxiliary to the Royal Navy. The next year she searched the Gulf of Carpentaria for Burke and Wills without success but contributed much to the exploration of the region. Afterwards she was involved in the rescue of the Netherby and by 1880 she was decommissioned after a fairly full service. Broken up around 1895
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Work list(Current)
Miscellaneous|
Victorian Colonial Navy|
Murray Riverboats|
Colony of Victoria AU|
Project Sail-fixing SB's sail shortage
How to mentally pronounce my usernameRow-(as in a boat)Don-(as in the short form of Donald)Dough-(bread)
"Loitering on the High Seas" (Named after the good ship Rodondo)
There's no such thing as "
nothing left to draw" If you can down 10 pints and draw, you're doing alright by my standards