Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland.
The first HMAS Brisbane was a Town class cruiser laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Cockatoo Island at Sydney in New South Wales on 25 January1913, launched on 30 September1915 by Mrs. Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, and commissioned on 31 October1916. HMAS Brisbane paid off on 22 January1929 and was placed in reserve at Sydney. The ship recommissioned on 2 April1935 and sailed for the United Kingdom on 2 May 1935, manned by a complement which would form the balance of the ship's company of the cruiser HMAS Sydney. She paid off at Portsmouth in England on 24 September 1935 and sold for scrap to Thomas W. Ward and Company of Sheffield in June 1936.
HMAS Brisbane (D-41) was a Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company at Bay City in Michigan on 15 February1965, launched on 5 May1966 and commissioned on 16 December1967. Brisbane served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon and Market Time operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the conflict in Vietnam. HMAS Brisbane paid off on 19 October2001 and is to be sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of Queensland. Her bridge was removed and preserved at the Australian War Museum in Canberra.
