HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156)
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Toowoomba |
| Builder: | Tenix Defence Systems |
| Laid down: | 26 July 2002 |
| Launched: | 16 May 2003 |
| Commissioned: | 8 October 2005 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base West |
| Motto: | "Fearless" |
| Fate: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Anzac class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,600 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 118 metres |
| Beam: | 15 metres |
| Draught: | 4 metres |
| Propulsion: | 1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine providing 30,000 hp (22.5 mW) 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines providing 8,840 hp (6.5 mW) two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| 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 and 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, 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 SH-2G Super Seasprite or SH-60 Seahawk |
HMAS Towoomba (FFH 156) is an Anzac class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy
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[edit] Construction
Toowoomba was laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown, Victoria on 26 July 2002, launched on 16 May 2003 by Ms Judy Blight, and commissioned on 8 October 2005.
[edit] Operational history
HMAS Toowoomba hit a navigation marker off Gladstone in March 2006 and was repaired at Williamstown, Victoria.
Toowoomba began her first deployment to the Persian Gulf on 4 January 2007.[1]
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