HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41)

HMAS Brisbane in April 2019
History
Australia
NamesakeCity of Brisbane, Queensland
Ordered4 October 2007
Builder
Laid down3 February 2014
Launched15 December 2016
Acquired27 July 2018
Commissioned27 October 2018
HomeportFleet Base East, Sydney
IdentificationMMSI number: 503000122
Motto"Aim At Higher Things"
Nickname(s)The Steel Cat
Honours &
awards
Three inherited battle honours
StatusActive
Badge
General characteristics (as designed)
Class & typeHobart-class destroyer
Displacement7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) full load
Length147.2 m (482 ft 11 in)
Beam18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) maximum
Draught5.17 m (17 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
SpeedOver 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
RangeOver 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
  • 186 + 16 aircrew
  • Accommodation for 234
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Aegis combat system
  • Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D(V) S-band radar
  • Northrop Grumman AN/SPQ-9B X-band pulse Doppler horizon search radar
  • Raytheon Mark 99 fire-control system with two continuous wave illuminating radars
  • 2 × L-3 Communications SAM Electronics X-band navigation radars
  • Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems' Integrated Sonar System
  • Ultra Electronics Series 2500 electro-optical director
  • Sagem VAMPIR IR search and track system
  • Rafael Toplite stabilised target acquisition sights
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ITT EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems ES-3701 ESM radar
  • SwRI MBS-567A communications ESM system
  • Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems multi-purpose digital receiver
  • Jenkins Engineering Defence Systems low-band receiver
  • 4 × Nulka decoy launchers
  • 4 × 6-tube multi-purpose decoy launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried1 x MH-60R Seahawk

HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41), named after the city of Brisbane, Queensland, is the second ship of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).