HMAS Toowoomba
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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.
- HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156), an Anzac class frigate.