HMAS Protector (l) (HMCS)

The gunboat Protector was ordered in 1883 and built in Scotland for the South Australian Government following a decision to establish a naval force for the protection of the colony’s coasts and harbours.  On 1 March 1901 Protector, and all other naval forces of the various Australian states, was transferred to the Commonwealth. With the foundation of the Royal Australian Navy in 1911 she was commissioned as HMAS Protector.