Specifications

Queenslands’ ALBERT class Coastal Patrol Gunboats Gayundah and Paluma

  Imperial Metric
Length

120 feet

some refs: 115 feet

36 metres

some refs: 34.5 metres

Beam
(width at widest point)

26 feet 7.8 metres

Draught
(depth in water)

9 feet 6 inches 2.85 metres
Displacement 360 tons 366 tonnes
Propulsion

Horizontal Compound Steam Engines

400 HP

2 shafts

Horizontal Compound Steam Engines

298 kW

2 shafts


Fuel Capacity (coal)
75 tons 76.2 tonnes
Range 700 – 800 miles 1127 - 1288 kilometres
Max. Speed

10 knots

some refs: 10.5 knots

18.5 kph

some refs: 19.4 kph

Armament details
Complement 55 details
Manufacture date 1883 - 1884
Manufactured by The firm of Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell and Company.
Manufactured at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Launched May 13, 1884 (Gayundah)
Arrived Brisbane March 28, 1885 (Gayundah)

Plans of GAYUNDAH

Plans of the Gayundah
Copyright: John Oxley Library. Negative #7879

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