page_title: Colonial navies of Australia
section_title: Tasmania
hierarchical_section_title: Colonial navies of Australia / Tasmania
caption_attribution_description: AWM Caption: HOBART, TAS. ELEVATED STERN STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE TASMANIAN TORPEDO BOAT NO 191. TB 191 ARRIVED IN TASMANIA IN 1884 AND WAS SOLD TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN THE LATE 1880'S. LAUNCHING GEAR FOR THE TORPEDOES CAN BE SEEN PORT AND STARBOARD ABAFT THE FUNNEL.
context_page_description: Before Federation in 1901 five of the six separate colonies maintained their own naval forces for defence. The colonial navies were supported by the ships of the Royal Navy's Australian Station which was established in 1859. The separate colonies maintained control over their respective navies until 1 March 1901, when the Commonwealth Naval Forces was created.
context_section_description: During the mid-1830s, the colony of Van Diemen's Land constructed and operated the armed schooner Eliza. The vessel was built at Port Arthur and was operated by the Convict Marine Service, carrying out anti-piracy patrols as well as helping to maintain the security of the penal settlement. In 1883, Tasmania purchased the second-class torpedo boat TB 191. The ship arrived in Hobart on 1 May 1884 and remained in Tasmania, operated by the Tasmanian Torpedo Corps, until it was transferred to South Australia in 1905.
caption: TB 191
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