HMAS Toowoomba (J157)
HMAS Toowoomba during sea trials in 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | City of Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Builder | Walkers Limited in Maryborough, Queensland |
| Laid down | 6 August 1940 |
| Launched | 26 March 1941 |
| Commissioned | 9 October 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 5 July 1946 |
| Motto | "Fearless" |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Transferred to RNN |
| Netherlands | |
| Name | Boeroe |
| Commissioned | 5 July 1946 |
| Out of service | 1958 |
| Fate | Removed from service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bathurst-class corvette |
| Displacement | 650 tons (standard), 1,025 tons (full war load) |
| Length | 186 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draught | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion | triple expansion engine, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp |
| Complement | 85 |
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HMAS Toowoomba (J157/B251/A125), named for the city of Toowoomba, Queensland was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship later served in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) as HNLMS Boeroe.