List of ships of the Queensland Maritime Defence Force



In 1884, the Queensland Marine Defence Force was established as a result of the recommendations of the Jervois-Scratchley reports. To equip the new force the Queensland colonial government purchased two gunboats and a torpedo boat. From this beginning eight further vessels were acquired to give Queensland the second largest fleet in the Australian colonies behind Victoria. With the federation of the Australian colonies, those vessels still in service joined the Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1901 and the Royal Australian Navy when it was formed in 1911. No ship ever met the enemy in battle or fell victim to enemy action despite the fact that most went on to long, albeit in some cases humble, careers in both naval and private hands past World War II.

Torpedo boat

 * Mosquito

Gayundah-class gunboats

 * Gayundah
 * Paluma

Patrol vessel

 * Otter

Auxiliary gunboats

 * Bonito
 * Bream
 * Dolphin
 * Pumba
 * Stingaree

Torpedo launch

 * Midge

Mining tender

 * Miner