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Families welcome HMAS Brisbane to its home port at Fleet Base East in Sydney, New South Wales following a successful deployment to the United States. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
News Royal Australian Navy USA 

HMAS Brisbane returns home from milestone deployment

11/01/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4237 Views 0 Comments HMAS Brisbane

Around 200 officers and sailors from HMAS Brisbane returned to Sydney after a five-month deployment, which included the successful launch

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HMAS Brisbane fires a Tomahawk missile off the cost of San Diego, USA. Photo by Petty Officer Craig Walton.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Brisbane fires Tomahawk ahead of purchase

10/12/202410/12/2024 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1493 Views 0 Comments Tomahawk

Royal Australian Navy has achieved a major milestone in realising an enhanced and lethal surface combatant fleet, with Australia becoming

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HMAS Brisbane's ship’s company observe the Sydney Harbour fleet entry for Exercise Malabar 2023. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Brisbane leads international fleet into Sydney

11/08/202313/08/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2606 Views 0 Comments Exercise Malabar

Air defence and anti-submarine warfare are some drills planned for the 27th iteration of Exercise Malabar, hosted by Australia for

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HMAS Brisbane’s rigid hulled inflatable boat crew rescues the stricken mariners from the hull of their upturned yacht off the coast of Wollongong. Photo supplied.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Brisbane to the rescue

06/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1485 Views 0 Comments AMSA, Fleet Base East, HMAS Brisbane

Two sailors from a capsized yacht were rescued in extreme sea conditions by the crew of the Royal Australian Navy

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Able Seaman Communications and Information Systems Tamara Shingles communicates with ships in company, as HMAS Brisbane conducts replenishment at sea approach off the coast of Queensland, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021. Story by Lieutenant Sarah Rohweder. Photo by LSIS Daniel Goodman.
ADF People 

Communications centre keeps pulse in HMAS Brisbane

28/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1193 Views 0 Comments Talisman Sabre 2021

It is the heart of the ship – the centre where information flows between ships sailing together. CAPTION: Able Seaman

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HMAS Brisbane conducts officer-of-the-watch manoeuvres with JS Makinami, ROKS Wang Geon and HMAS Parramatta during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021. Story by Lieutenant Sarah Rohweder. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Brisbane’s first Talisman Sabre

23/07/202128/07/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1861 Views 0 Comments Talisman Sabre 2021

HMAS Brisbane, the first Hobart-class warship to participate in Exercise Talisman Sabre,  is the air and missile-defence commander for the exercise,

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NUSHIP Brisbane on builder sea trials. AWD Alliance photo.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

HMAS Brisbane to visit City of Brisbane

03/04/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4378 Views 0 Comments

Australia’s newest warship HMAS Brisbane III, will arrive in her namesake city for the first time on Thursday 4 April.

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The commissioning crew of HMAS Brisbane march on to their new ship during a ceremony at Fleet Base East. Photo by Leading Seaman Nicolas Gonzalez.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

HMAS Brisbane III commissioned

28/10/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5736 Views 0 Comments

The Royal Australian Navy welcomed a new ship into the fleet yesterday, with the commissioning of the guided missile destroyer

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A Royal Australian Navy sailor on the bridge of HMAS Brisbane keeps watch during search operations for the crashed MRH-90 in the vicinity of Lindeman Island during Exercise Talisman Sabre 23. Photo by Leading Seaman Hannah Linsley.
Australian Army News 

Defence report into MRH-90 helicopter crash complete

03/04/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1785 Views 0 Comments MRH-90 Taipan

The Defence Flight Safety Bureau (DFSB) has finalised its Aviation Safety Investigation Report into the accident on 28 July 2023,

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HMAS Brisbane is one of the Hobart-class destroyers in the fleet. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
News Royal Australian Navy 

$200million for new navy radio network

13/03/202513/03/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1696 Views 0 Comments

Communication systems on Royal Australian Navy ships will be upgraded under a $200million program with Boeing Defence Australia. FILE PHOTO:

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HMAS Brisbane's piping party pipes the side as Vice Admiral Donald Chalmers (retd) steps off the ship after a ship's tour alongside Fleet Base East in Sydney, NSW. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Angus Tyson. Photos by Leading Seaman Abdus Chowdhury.
ADF People History Royal Australian Navy 

Former navy chief returns to HMAS Kuttabul

11/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1227 Views 0 Comments HMAS Kuttabul

Former Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Donald Chalmers (retd) has been piped aboard HMAS Kuttabul for the first time in almost

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Pierre de Vallier, of the Enhanced Quality of Life Team, Navy Intelligence and Information Warfare, installs a Starlink system on board HMAS Brisbane. Story and photo by Corporal Michael Rogers.
News Royal Australian Navy 

New internet capability for Royal Australian Navy fleet

03/01/202504/01/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2574 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Stalwart, Starlink

Growing up in a Navy family, Sub-Lieutenant Rhys De Serio knows how precious a call home can be. CAPTION: Pierre de

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Marine engineers from HMAS Brisbane tour the South West Regional Maintenance Center in San Diego in the US, as part of a scheduled maintenance period to upgrade the ship’s systems. Story by Marie Davies. Photos by Petty Officer Andrew Coleman.
News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology USA 

Aussie marine engineers check out USN 3D technologies

25/10/202426/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1654 Views 0 Comments Brisbane, US Navy

Marine engineers from HMAS Brisbane toured the South West Regional Maintenance Centre (SWRMC) in San Diego, United States, as part

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Members of HMAS Brisbane's ship's company visit the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Story by Lieutenant Marie Davies.
History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Navy USA 

Aussie crew commemorate Pearl Harbor and 9/11

22/10/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1093 Views 0 Comments US Navy, WWII

During a port visit to Hawaii, crew from HMAS Brisbane paid their respects to the fallen at the USS Arizona

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Lieutenant Jack Stanhope, left, and Sub-Lieutenant Liam Lord, of HMAS Brisbane, rendered assistance to a civilian after a car accident in the US.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy USA 

Aussie Navy officers save a life in California

20/09/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1372 Views 0 Comments HMAS Brisbane, US Navy

Quick thinking and swift action by Royal Australian Navy officers has helped save the life of a driver following a

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Leading Seaman Matthew Parry escorts Liam Glackin from HMAS Brisbane’s embarked MH-60R helicopter while conducting an evacuation from Willis Island off the coast of Queensland. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy evacuates weather bureau staff in heavy seas

14/12/202316/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2116 Views 0 Comments Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Fleet Base East, HMAS Brisbane, MH-60R Seahawk

Four Bureau of Meteorology personnel have escaped Severe Tropical Cyclone Jasper and are safely ashore in Sydney after being evacuated

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HMAS Stalwart’s embarked MH-60R helicopter ‘Boomerang’ conducts a vertical replenishment while the ship conducts a replenishment at sea with HMAS Brisbane. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photos by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Adding fuel to the fleet

30/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1956 Views 0 Comments HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Stalwart, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, MH-60R Seahawk, Regional Presence Deployment, Royal Canadian Navy, US Navy

Two Australian warships contributed to the high tempo of a Japan-led maritime exercise in the Philippine Sea. CAPTION: HMAS Stalwart’s embarked

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From left, Able Seaman Hayden Beaver, Lieutenant Ben Page and Lieutenant Commander Matthew Urquhart on the forecastle of HMAS Brisbane during Exercise Annualex. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy 

Canberra connections on board Brisbane

30/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1156 Views 0 Comments Exercise Annualex, HMAS Brisbane

The sailors and officers in HMAS Brisbane are a tight-knit family who work, train and travel the world together. CAPTION: From

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Leading Seaman Ruben Villis marshals personnel from JS Sazanami’s embarked Super Auk helicopter as it prepares to take-off from HMAS Brisbane during a cross-deck in the Philippine Sea as part of Exercise Nichi Gou Trident. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

ADF assets join Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force exercise

30/11/202305/12/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1464 Views 0 Comments Exercise Nichi Gou Trident (NGT), HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Stalwart, HMAS Toowoomba, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, P-8A Poseidon, Regional Presence Deployment

Naval and air assets from the ADF recently joined forces with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) for Exercise Nichi

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USS Rafael Peralta leads a formation sail with HMCS Ottowa, HMAS Brisbane and JS Akebono during Exercise Noble Caribou in the South China Sea. Story by Lieutenant Commander Andrew Herring. Photo from Royal Canadian Navy.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Friendships flourish on Indo-Pacific deployment

07/11/202308/11/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1592 Views 0 Comments Exercise Bersama Lima, Exercise Haedoli Wallaby, Exercise Noble Caribou, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Stalwart, HMAS Toowoomba, MH-60R Seahawk, Regional Presence Deployment

A Royal Australian Navy task group is deepening ties with friends, partners and allies across the Indo-Pacific as it continues

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