The Captain Cook and the Wolverene

HM Ships Beagle and Beatrice

A couple of nippy little schooners operated by the RN on the Australia Station.

Vulvan and Ajax

HMVS Batman and HMVS Gannet

Auxulliary Gunboats both with reinforced decks forward to allow the mounting of guns, but I daresay they would have been deathtraps in an actual sea-fight.

HMVS Countess of Hopetoun and HMQS Bonito

HMVS Victoria (II)

Second ship of her name and big sister to the gunboat Albert.

HMVS Cerberus

HMVS Albert

The Albert, here pictured in her delivery rig.

You'll see many pictures of her on this blog, both archive and of my own wargames model of her. My favourite little ship of the Victorian navy.

Protector and Childers

This time, the large South Australian Gunboat Protector and the Torpedoboat Childers. The former served on the China Station during the Boxer Rebelion. The Victorians and New South Welsh provided Naval brigades, 200 and 260 men strong respectively, along with some 14prs from the Victorians, which were tansported together in the steamer Salamis.

Victoria (I), Pharos and the Nelson

 Victoria's first warship. Most notably used in the attempted relief of Bourke and Wills and in the Maori Wars, she was broken up in 1895.

 The lighthouse tender, Pharos. Used for defense purposes in 1885. Laid down in 1865.

Out thrice-razee'd, steam-powered flagship. her remains may yet be seen in the Derwent River in Tasmania.

Vladimir Monomakh

Vladimir Monomakh 1885

Vladimir Monomakh 1897 refit

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Vladimir Monomakh		Carr & McFerson, St. Petersburg	28/2/1881	22/10/1882	7/1883	sunk 28/5/1905

Length	93.3 m
Beam	15.9 m
No of shafts	2
Machinery	VC, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power	7000 HP
Max speed	15.2 kn
Fuel Capacity	Coal 990 tons
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(8)
Armour, mm	compound; belt: 152 - 114, deck: 13mm
Armament	4 x 1 - 203/28 m1877, 12 x 1 - 152/25 m1877, 4 x 1 - 87/21 4pdr m1877, 4 x 5 - 47/22 Hotchkiss, 8 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 3 - 381 TT (1 bow, 2 beam)
Complement	566

Here for a fuller account.