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HMAS Toowoomba transits calm seas during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2018. Photo by Able Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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HMAS Toowoomba’s mileage is out of this world

23/05/202323/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 928 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

HMAS Toowoomba has completed half a million sea miles since she was commissioned – equivalent to a trip to the

Leading Seaman Cory Duggan gives a tour to Singapore Navy personnel on board HMAS Toowoomba. Photos: Able Seaman Ashlee Ritz.

HMAS Toowoomba opens to visitors in Singapore

22/05/202322/05/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 592 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

HMAS Toowoomba played host in Singapore, welcoming international guests on board for warship tours and Australian culinary delights. CAPTION: Leading

An Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launches from HMAS Toowoomba during a workup period off the coast of Western Australia. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan.

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HMAS Toowoomba fighting fit after upgrade

10/03/202311/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1007 Views 0 Comments Evolved Sea Sparrow, HMAS Toowoomba

Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba achieved a key milestone in explosive fashion while undergoing training off the coast of Western Australia. CAPTION:

Lieutenant Joel Woods from Clearance Diver Team Four helps Dodhi with a bomb suit helmet during his tour at the Fremantle Ports Maritime Day in Western Australia. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.

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Fleet Base West opens doors to eager public

04/11/202206/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 656 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base West, HMAS Stirling, HMAS Toowoomba

A window to life on board a busy Navy base was opened in Fremantle when HMAS Stirling and Fleet Base

HMAS Toowoomba's ship's company celebrate the ship's 17th birthday in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. Story by Lieutenant Commander Kieran Davis. Photo by Leading Seaman Rappard.

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HMAS Toowoomba’s three reasons to celebrate

23/10/202226/10/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 736 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

On the eve of HMAS Toowoomba’s 17th birthday, the crew marked the completion of the mariner skills evaluation and the

Lieutenant Commander Blake Newman and Able Seaman Mikayla Cocks lay a wreath at Mother’s Memorial, Toowoomba, on behalf of HMAS Toowoomba at the Anzac Day wreath-laying ceremony. Story by Lieutenant Commander Blake Newman. Photo by Bradley Richardson.

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HMAS Toowoomba home for Anzac Day

28/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1004 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day 2022, HMAS Toowoomba

Sailors and officers of the Anzac-class frigate HMAS Toowoomba (II) have commemorated Anzac Day in the ship’s namesake city of Toowoomba

HMAS Toowoomba returns to Fleet Base West in Western Australia after a six month deployment in June 2020. Photo by Leading Seaman Ronnie Baltoft.

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Purple Pony is back in the water

23/04/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1625 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base West, Henderson WA, HMAS Toowoomba

HMAS Toowoomba, nicknamed the ‘Purple Pony’, was returned to the water at Henderson, Western Australia, on April 12 after an

Leading Seaman Christy-Lee Doyle guides an MRH-60R Helicopter onto the flight deck of HMAS Toowoomba during unit readiness training. Photo by Leading Seaman Tara Byrne.

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First Australian, French, Japanese and US maritime ex

18/05/2019 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3197 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

Naval vessels from Australia, France, Japan and the United States are set to commence the first iteration of the French-led

Two US Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions operate from HMAS Adelaide during the final amphibious assault of RIMPAC 2018. US DoD video screen grab.

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RIMPAC wraps up with final amphibious assault

03/08/201818/08/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3208 Views 0 Comments 2RAR (Amphib), Harpoon, HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Toowoomba, Poseidon, RIMPAC

More than 1600 members of the Australian Defence Force have successfully completed Exercise RIMPAC 2018, the world’s largest multinational maritime

Australian sailors from HMAS Toowoomba at an ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Brunei. Photo by Able Seaman Steven Thomson.

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HMAS Toowoomba visits Brunei

28/04/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4427 Views 0 Comments HMAS Toowoomba

Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS Toowoomba has completed a port visit to Brunei, as part of a three month South

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Indo-Pacific Endeavour making progress

15/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3483 Views 0 Comments HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Darwin, HMAS Melbourne, HMAS Parramatta, HMAS Sirius, HMAS Toowoomba, Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017

HMA Ships Adelaide and Toowoomba, from the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Task Group Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017 will arrive in Darwin

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2,000,000 man hours and counting

30/01/201630/01/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6945 Views 1 Comment Anti-Ship Missile Defence, ASMD, BAE, Henderson, HMAS Parramatta, HMAS Toowoomba

BAE Systems Anti-Ship Missile Defence upgrade program has notched up an impressive 2,000,000 man hours – and counting. The latest milestone