HMAS Vendetta received a detailed handover from HMAS Brisbane in Subic Bay when she arrived for service during the Vietnam War. This was the occasion for Captain Willis, Brisbane (II)’s ...
HMAS Brisbane II
Australian Naval History on 15 September 1969
HMAS VENDETTA, (Daring class destroyer), relieved HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), in the US Seventh Fleet off Vietnam. VADM Sir Victor Smith presented a cheque for $32,500 to VADM William ...
Australian Naval History on 14 September 1969
The guided missile destroyer HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT A. A. Willis, RAN), completed 143 gunfire missions, in which 389 enemy defences were either destroyed or damaged, 313 bunkers hit, 14 supply ...
Australian Naval History on 24 August 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), served on the screen of USS ORISKANY, (aircraft carrier), in Vietnamese waters. ...
Australian Naval History on 3 August 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), laid down gunfire support for an attack by the 1st Australian Task Force, in Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 June 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), fought a fire in the merchant ship SINCERE, at Singapore. When the fire raced out of control, she took off the ship’s crew. ...
Australian Naval History on 13 June 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), engaged Viet Cong targets, destroying 16 bunkers, 19 military structures, and collapsing 25 metres of tunnels. ...
Australian Naval History on 10 June 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), was Naval Gun Fire Ship for US II Corps’ operations in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 30 March 1969
HMAS BRISBANE, (guided missile destroyer), relieved sister ship HMAS PERTH at Subic Bay, for duty in Vietnam. ...
Australian Naval History on 20 March 1969
The guided missile destroyer HMAS BRISBANE, (CAPT A. A. Willis, RAN), sailed from Sydney on her first deployment in Vietnam. ...