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 and awards	Battle honours: Pacific 1942 Indian Ocean 1942–44
Fate	Transferred to RNN
Netherlands
Name	Boeroe
Commissioned	5 July 1946
Out of service	1958
Fate	Removed from service
General characteristics
Class and 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
Armament	1 × 4-inch Mk XIX gun (later replaced by 1 × 12-pounder gun, then reinstalled) 3 × 20 mm Oerlikons (later 2) 1 × 40 mm Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun (installed later) Machine guns Depth charges chutes and throwers

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).^[1] The ship later served in the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) as HNLMS Boeroe.^[1]