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2. List of ships of the Queensland Maritime Defence Force

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   Two gunboats on the river at Bundaberg, Queensland, ca. 1898. Paluma in the foreground and Gayundah on the right. In 1884, following the recommendations of the Jervois-Scratchley reports, the Queensland Marine Defence Force was established. To equip the new force, the Queensland colonial government purchased two gunboats and a torpedo boat. Queensland bought eight more vessels to create the ...

3. Queensland Maritime Defence Force Auxiliary Gunboats

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   After the formation of the Queensland Maritime Defence Force in 1884, the colonial government purchased two gunboats and a torpedo boat to equip the new force. [1] However, given the number of ports along the Queensland coast, it was realised that additional ships were required.

4. HMAS Townsville (FCPB 205) - Wikipedia

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   HMAS Townsville (FCPB 205), named for the city of Townsville, Queensland, was a Fremantle-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by NQEA, Cairns, the ship was laid down in 1979, and commissioned into the RAN in 1981.

5. Mosquito Fleet (Johnstone River, Queensland) - Wikipedia

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   To overcome this problem, shallow draft steam ships and lighters [often called sugar lighters] were used to carry the bags of sugar down the Johnstone and out to meet larger ships standing off the coast. [1] or in nearby ports, mainly Cairns. These larger ships then transported the cargo to its destination.

6. NQEA - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded in 1948 as an engineering supply company named North Queensland Engineers & Agents, then expanded in 1966 into shipbuilding and was renamed. [ 2 ] NQEA has built several ships for the Royal Australian Navy (including the Fremantle -class patrol boats and Leeuwin -class survey ships ). [ 3 ]

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8. HMQS Gayundah - Wikipedia

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   In 1921, she was sold to a civilian company, Brisbane Gravel Pty Ltd. Returning to Queensland, she was used to haul sand and gravel on the Brisbane River. [3] In October 1930, while moored at Melton Reach, Gayundah sank, although she was raised soon after. She remained in service into the 1950s, when the decision was made to sell her for scrap.

9. Forceful (tugboat) - Wikipedia

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   Forceful was built in 1925 by Alexander Stephen and Sons Ltd in Govan, Scotland as their yard number 509 for the Queensland Tug Company's operations at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is a steel-hulled steam tug of 245 GRT , with dimensions of 36.88 m (121.0 ft) length, 8.26 m (27.1 ft) and 4.08 m (13.4 ft) depth.