HMCS Spitfire
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HMCS Spitfire
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HMCS Spitfire was a 65-ton sail gunboat built at Cuthberts Shipyard, Port Jackson, Australia and launched on 3 April 1855 for the Colony of New South Wales. Her hull was sheathed with 22-ounce copper. She was the first warship built in Australia for a Colonial government. Spitfire was given to the Colony of Queensland in 1859 and she was used as the pilot cutter on Moreton Bay. In 1860, she was used as part of an expedition to find the mouth of the Burdekin River. She was to become the pilot boa
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Pilot boat and military craft in colonial Australia (1855)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Spitfire
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2024-03-24T01:03:12Z
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