HMAS Protector (1884)
LARGE FLAT-IRON GUNBOAT COMMISSIONED AND PURCHASED BY THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IN 1884
HMCS / HMAS Protector; HMAS Protector I; HMAS Protector (I)
HMCS (later HMAS)His/Her Majesty's Colonial Ship, later His Majesty's Australian Ship Protector was a large flat-iron gunboat commissioned and purchased by the South Australian government in 1884, for the purpose of defending the local coastline against possible attacks in the aftermath of the 'Russian scare', of the 1870s.Cohen, Raymond (1979).