Image Gallery: July 2004
Ex HMAS Brisbane handover
27 July 2004
Hand over of the Royal Australian Navy's last guided missile destroyer, ex HMAS Brisbane, to the Queensland Government occured on 13 July 2004. The Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Hill officially handed over the ex-HMAS Brisbane to Queensland Premier Mr Peter Beattie. The Federal Member for Fisher, Mr Peter SLIPPER MP and Maritime Commander Australia, Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, (former commanding officer of the ship), also attended. Brisbane gave 34 years' of service to the RAN and served in both the Vietnam and Gulf Wars.
Read Ministerial Media Release: Goodbye to the Navy's Last Steam Ship
| RAN8080074_040713_004 From left, Lieutenant Commander Tony Howlett (Rtd), Maritime Commander Rear Admiral Rowan Moffit and the Queensland Premier Mr Peter Beattie. (Date taken: 13 July 2004) Low-res | High-res |
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| RAN8080074_040713_018 From left, Maritime Commander Rear Admiral Rowan Moffitt, Admiral Michael Hudson (Rtd), Senator Robert Hill, and Queensland Premier Mr Peter Beattie. (Date taken: 13 July 2004) Low-res | High-res |
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| RAN8115744_040716_037 Ex HMAS Brisbane is towed from Garden Island, Sydney for the last time onroute to Brisbane to be sunk creating a dive site. (Date taken: 13 July 2004) Low-res | High-res |
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| RAN8115744_040716_045 Ex HMAS Brisbane is towed from Garden Island, Sydney for the last time enroute to Brisbane to be sunk creating a dive site. (Date taken: 13 July 2004) Low-res | High-res |
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