HMAS Toowoomba
Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the city of Toowoomba in Queensland.
The first HMAS Toowoomba (J-157/B-251/A-125) was a Bathurst class corvette, built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 26 March 1941 by Mrs. C. W. Lowther, wife of a long serving employee of the shipyard, and commissioned on 9 October 1941. HMAS Toowoomba paid off on 5 July 1946, was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy and renamed Boeroe.
The second HMAS Toowoomba (F-156) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems Propriety Limited at Williamstown in Victoria on 26 July 2002, launched on 16 May 2003 by Ms Judy Blight and scheduled to be delivered on 31 July 2005.
