HMAS Brisbane

Description

HMAS Brisbane (D41) was one of three Perth Class guided missile destroyers to serve in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

The United States – designed ship was laid down at Bay City, Michigan in 1965, launched 1966 and commissioned into the RAN in 1967. She is named after the City of Brisbane, Queensland.

During her career, Brisbane made two deployments to the Vietnam War, was involved in the post- cyclone Tracy disaster relief operation Navy Help Darwin, and deployed to the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War. Brisbane was decommissioned in 2001, and was sunk as a dive wreck off the Queensland coast in 2005

Displacement                    3370 Tons

Length                                  133m

Speed                                   to 35 knots

Company                             24 Officers and 312 Sailors

Sunk                                      Off Mudjimba, Sunshine Coast