Victorian Navy Relics

The Victorian Navy Relics App shows the location & details of known relics of Victoria's Colonial Navy. Relics from the world's oldest surviving monitor warship, the largest Man-o-War built during the Napoleonic Wars, Victoria's gunboats, torpedo boats & auxiliary vessels are covered in this App. In all, 25 vessels served between 1856 & 1901 to defend Victoria in the event of war with Russia, France or the USA. Items covered in the App, dating from 1786 to 1892, include bells, anchors, monuments, a figurehead, 90 cannon & hundreds of smaller relics as well as 25 vessels.

Hundreds of images illustrate the various relics & help explain how they were used as well as describing their life since the end of their service. Discover which cannon have been fired in retirement, which relics travelled to New Zealand & China, which ship flew a flag featuring a kangaroo, which relic has been dug up & buried 4 times, which relics date from the reign of George III & which relic was saluted by 100 French cavalry.

At under 30 mb, the App is small enough to leave on a Smartphone until needed. At the touch of an icon the closest 12 relics are identified with a map showing how to find them. Once downloaded an internet connection is not required unless more than the basic map is needed. Details, images, the GPS location & how to find the surviving relics & vessels can all be accessed offline.