HMVS Victoria (1884)

	Victoria at Portsmouth in 1884 before sailing to Australia
History
Victoria
Name	Victoria II
Builder	Armstrong Mitchell and Co.
Launched	1884
Decommissioned	1893
In service	1884
Homeport	Melbourne, Victoria
Fate	Scrapped 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Armstrong type D flat-iron gunboat
Displacement	530 tons
Length	145 ft (44 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion	Expansion steam engines
Speed	12 knots
Armament	Originally 1 x BL 10-inch (254.0 mm) gun; Replaced by 1 x BL 8-inch (203.2 mm) Mk VII gun;; 1 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk I 80-pounder gun; 2 × 12 Pdr; 1-inch Nordenfelt guns;

HMVS Victoria was a gunboat that served with the Victorian Naval Forces and Western Australia before being sold into private use.

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