HMAS Brisbane

Three ships and a naval base of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Brisbane after Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland.

• HMAS Brisbane (1915), a Town class light cruiser launched in 1915 and decommissioned in 1935
• HMAS Brisbane (naval base), a naval base operated in Brisbane between 1940 and 1942
• HMAS Brisbane (D 41), a Perth class guided missile destroyer launched in 1966 and decommissioned in 2001
• HMAS Brisbane (DDGH 41), a Hobart class air warfare destroyer predicted to enter service in 2017

Battle honours

Ships of the name HMAS Brisbane have earned three battle honours.^[1][2]

• Indian Ocean 1917
• Vietnam 1969–71
• Kuwait 1991

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