Allied Warships

HMAS Toowoomba (J 157)

Minesweeper of the Bathurst class

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassBathurst 
PennantJ 157 
Built byWalkers Ltd. (Maryborough, Queensland, Australia) 
Ordered 
Laid down6 Aug 1940 
Launched26 Mar 1941 
Commissioned9 Oct 1941 
End service5 Jul 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned at Colombo, Ceylon on 5 July 1946 and transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy on the same day being renamed Boeroe.
Boeroe was decommissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1958.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Paul H. Hirst, RAN
19 May 1941 – 19 August 1942

A/Lt.Cdr. James Houston Simpson, RANR(S)
19 August 1942 – January 1945

T/Lt.Cdr. Spence Bernard Komoll, RANR(S)
January 1945 - ???

Lt. Howard Frank Goodwin, RANR
??? – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMAS Toowoomba (J 157)

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CommanderFromTo
1Paul Hugill Hirst, RAN19 May 194119 Aug 1942
2James Houston Simpson, RANR(S)19 Aug 1942Jan 1945
3Spence Bernard Komoll, RANR(S)Jan 1945???

4Howard Frank Goodwin, RANR???Oct 1945 ?

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