HMAS Brisbane... 'The Steel Cat'...

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:29 am

HMAS Brisbane III has 23 Ossifers (of which only 2 are females, one SBLT and one MIDN,) out of a crew of 180, (of which, all up, a total of 40 are female,) according to the commemorative brochure...

connief · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2018 11:47 am

In regards to the commemorative booklet, there are a few wrong facts in the section on Brisbane II. Where it has a photo of CPOCOX Ray Surridge holding the FOE Scroll for the march through Brisbane, it says 1979. He was not a Chief in 1979, he was CPOCOX on her in 84-85. I was on her in 78-79 and 84-85. Someone should have checked the info first.

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:27 am

Hi Guys... Can anybody identify/ remember any of the former HMAS Brisbane (II) crew from the e-mail list below..? :evil3:

I'm assuming they'll all be my fellow 'cruisers' onboard HMAS Brisbame (III) on the 26th of July...! :salute1:

From: jandbmcmillan@optusnet.com.au <jandbmcmillan@optusnet.com.au>
Sent: Saturday, 13 July 2019 8:42 PM
To: COLE Geoff <geoffcole@bigpond.com>; 'aantoney' <aantoney@optusnet.com.au>; Coghlan Bob <cogs@y7mail.com>; Cooper Bob <bobanne1@optusnet.com.au>; Dangerfield Colin <coldang53@yahoo.com>; Gerding Tony <tagerding@bigpond.com>; Hale Peter <wallace1@optusnet.com.au>; HART Simon <simonjhart@gmail.com>; HICKS George <georgehicks@people.net.au>; KEEFE Paul Anthony <keefe1946@hotmail.com>; LITTLEWOOD Viv <slwood@netspeed.com.au>; Neil Ken <knfneil@iinet.net.au>; Parsons Graham (Pip) <pipmparsons@gmail.com>; Pengilly Rick <roman134@bigpond.com>; SPENCER Kerry <k.j.spencer1@bigpond.com>; WATSON Laurie <wattos148@gmail.com>; Wild Cricket <liawild53@hotmail.com>; Hill Robbie <roberthill11@bigpond.com>
Subject: Family Day Cruise 26th

Hi All

I will be submitting the third batch to the ship tomorrow.
I have asked the SKIPPER where and when do they want our association members to assemble prior to boarding the ship. Information I have would suggest that we are required onboard prior to COLOURS. I have suggested that association members assemble at 0720, GATE to be advised by the ship, for a 0730 boarding of the ship
I will forward you all the response of the ship when received.
Looking forward to seeing you all on the 26th. Onboard the BRISBANE III.

Regards
John (MACCA) McMillan
Sec/Tres HMAS BRISBANE ASSOC.
Mobile Phone 0414 066 816

:omg1:

Wow, I'd totally forgotten #-o

that there were TWO 7:30s in a day...! :sleep:

.......... :type:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz0VkuxFlgo
:salute1:

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:13 pm

This is the scene :down:

that will be greeting us this Friday at 0720, except it'll be '41' and not '04' waiting for us just inside 'Harry's (FBE Southern) Gate',
when I join some 200-odd (well, not ALL of us are 'odd',) family, friends and 'former DDG41 familiars' who'll be boarding HMAS BRISBANE (III) for a day cruise... :captain:

Being that it's exactly 45 years this month since I walked off HMAS Brisbane (II) and out of Garden Island Naval Dockyard (i.e., out of the RAN) for the very last
time in uniform, I paused to ponder that arguably, most of the :salute1:

Officers and Crew :captain:

currently serving on HMAS BRISBANE (III) were probably not even born
when I left HMAS Brisbane (II) on my DEE... :omg1:

Needless to say, I'm extremely chuffed :yess:

for this

HMAS Brisbane Assoc. opportunity... :woohoo:

Pony · **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:35 pm

I am sure that you will enjoy the cruise Rick. :yess:

Not sure where they stow Click Click Chairs on the uppers for the chippies these days. :mex:

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Mon Jul 22, 2019 10:08 pm

I suspect they did away with the click-click-chairs when they did away with us Chippies, Pony...! :bugger:

Viv · **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:42 am

Hippy Chippy wrote:

I suspect they did away with the click-click-chairs when they did away with us Chippies, Pony...! :bugger:

Don't tell me that Short Time Towels have disappeared as well :sheep1:

Viv

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:04 pm

I'll have to let you know, Viv...! :finga:

Meanwhile, mate, Bob 'Tafmo' King, formerly (post RAN) of the AWD Project, Adelaide, sent this lovely :pottytrain2:

pic

of DDG41.

"Hi Rick,

That was a nice photo of Brisbane in RANSH topic on Brisbane III, but here’s a better one showing the tail :pottytrain2:

end…

...and who’s that handsome bastard in the foreground…? :ok:

.................

Regards,

Bob..."

Nice jacket Tafmo, :bob dark:

that's basically what I'll be wearing on Friday... :yess:

Nice HMAS Brisbane Assoc. logo too...!! :yea:

Hippy Chippy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 26, 2019 5:13 am

Well, Chasps, :hi:

I'm just about to head off on my 90 minute drive :iroc:

down to Sydney to spend a day at sea with the crew of HMAS BRISBANE (III). :captain:

I'm told that the 20 of us HMAS Brisbane (II) Association Guests are part of a contingent of 200 Guests :omg1:

all up joining the 180 Crew of HMAS BRISBANE (III).

Hippy Chippy wrote:

HMAS Brisbane (III) has 23 Ossifers (of which only 2 are females, one SBLT and one MIDN,) out of a crew of 180, (of which, all up, a total of 40 are female,)
according to the commemorative brochure...

Seems a bit top heavy to me, :roll:

I trust that somebody did their buoyancy calculations :puter:

before they decided to add an extra 200 bodies (i.e., more
Guests than Crew,) as top-weight on the uppers...! :snap:

BC · **Posted:** Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:35 am

Enjoy your sea time Tricky, and I'm sure you will survive. The "N" Class would carry around 100 troops in evacuations from Tobruk & Crete, and they were only 1,700 tons standard.

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