List of ships of the Victorian Naval Forces explained

List of Ships of the Victorian Naval Forces, 1855–1901:

B

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
Batman	Auxiliary gunboat		1884–unknown
Burrumbeet	Auxiliary armed steamer

C

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
Cerberus	Turret ship (monitor)		1869–1924
Childers	1st class Torpedo boat		1884–1918
Commissioner	Auxiliary torpedo boat
Countess of Hopetoun	1st class Torpedo Boat		1891–1924
Courier	Auxiliary armed steamer
Customs Number 1	Auxiliary torpedo boat

G

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
Gannet	Auxiliary gunboat		1884–1893
Gordon	Torpedo boat		1884–1914

L

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
Lady Loch	Gunboat		1886–unknown
Lion	Auxiliary armed launch
Lonsdale	Torpedo boat		1884–1912-1913

N

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
Nelson	Training ship		1867–1898
Nepean	Torpedo boat		1884–1912-1913

V

Name	Type	Class	Dates	Notes
Victoria (I)	Steam sloop		1855–1880
Victoria (II)	Gunboat		1884–1896
Vulcan	Auxiliary		1889–unknown

References

• Warships of Australia, Ross Gillett, Illustrations Colin Graham, Rigby Limited, 1977,