HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156)

HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156)
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Toowoomba
Builder	Tenix Defence
Laid down	26 July 2002
Launched	16 May 2003
Commissioned	8 October 2005
Homeport	Fleet Base West
Identification	MMSI number: 503115000 Callsign: VKLI
Motto	"Fearless"
Honours and awards	Two inherited battle honours
Status	Active as of 2019
General characteristics
Class and type	Anzac-class frigate
Displacement	3,600 tonnes full load
Length	118 m (387 ft)
Beam	15 m (49 ft)
Draught	4 m (13 ft)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine providing 30,000 hp (22.5 MW) 2 × MTU 12v 1163 TB83 diesels providing 8,840 hp (6.5 MW)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	approximately 170 sailors
Sensors and processing systems	Sonars: Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for towed array Air search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Surface search radar: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 TIR (Ericsson Tx/Rx) (G-band) Navigation: Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA (I-band)
Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM: Racal modified Sceptre A (radar intercept), Telefunken PST-1720 Telegon 10 (comms intercept) Countermeasures: Decoys: G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk 36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC
Armament	Guns and missiles: 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, various machine guns and small arms, 2 × 4 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Mk 41 Mod 5 VLS for Sea Sparrow and Evolved Sea Sparrow Torpedoes: 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 Mod 5 tubes Fire control: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 (J-band) Combat data systems: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 Mk 3.Link 11 Weapons control: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk 73 Mod 1
Aircraft carried	1 × Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk

HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156) is the seventh Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was laid down in 2002 by Tenix Defence and commissioned in 2005.

In 2007, Toowoomba was deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Slipper. Her second deployment to the Middle East occurred during the second half of 2009. As part of this, she became the first RAN vessel to operate with the counter-piracy Combined Task Force 151.