Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/June 29

HMQS Gayundah was a gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and the Royal Australian Navy. Gayundah was built in the United Kingdom and was commissioned there in October 1884. She arrived in Brisbane in March 1885 where she served as a training ship until being assigned to reserve duties in 1892. Upon Federation Gayundah became part of the Commonwealth Naval Forces and served as a patrol vessel. Gayundah was decommissioned in 1921 and scrapped in the 1950s.