HMAS Brisbane (1915)

HMAS Brisbane shortly after completion in 1916
History
Australia
Name	Brisbane
Namesake	City of Brisbane
Builder	Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney
Laid down	25 January 1913
Launched	30 September 1915
Commissioned	31 October 1916
Completed	12 December 1916
Decommissioned	24 September 1935
Motto	Conjunctis Viribus Latin: "With United Strength"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Indian Ocean 1917
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1936
General characteristics
Class and type	Town class light cruiser (Chatham subtype)
Displacement	5,400 long tons (5,500 t) (standard)
Length	456 ft 8+3⁄8 in (139.202 m)
Beam	49 ft 10 in (15.19 m)
Draught	19 ft 11 in (6.07 m) (maximum)
Propulsion	Parsons turbines, 4 screws, 25,000 hp (19,000 kW)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) (design) 25.6 knots (47.4 km/h; 29.5 mph) (speed trials) 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) (cruising)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement	31 officers, 454 sailors
Armament	8 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk XI* guns 1 × QF 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun 1 × 12-pounder field gun 4 × 3-pounder (47-mm, 1.9-in) quick-firing Hotchkiss guns 8 × 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Lewis machine guns 2 × 0.303-inch (7.7 mm) Maxim machine guns 2 × submerged 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes

HMAS Brisbane was a Town class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Sydney between 1913 and 1916 to the Chatham subtype design, Brisbane operated in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Australian coastal waters during World War I.

Following the end of the war, the cruiser was decommissioned and recommissioned on several occasions, and was reclassified as a training ship in late 1925. In 1935, Brisbane was reactivated to transport personnel for the new cruiser HMAS Sydney to Britain, after which she was decommissioned and sold for breaking up as scrap.