HMAS Toomaree (NOTE: her correct name is Toomeree) was formerly a luxury motor cruiser, commissioned as a channel patrol boat and operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

Opening windows in the trunk cabin over the forward deck, in the wheelhouse and in the after-section of the vessel where the galley and crews quarters were located provided ample ventilation.

Toomeree was armed with .303 Vickers machine guns fore and aft and depth charge racks on the stern.

Following the Battle, Toomeree continued regular patrol duties at Sydney, Port Kembla and Newcastle.

She was reported in 1948 competing in the New South Wales Big Game Fishing Association’s competition off Port Stephens and Newcastle where it was proposed to release pigeons to carry news from the competition vessels whilst at sea, to the shore station at Shoal Bay, Port Stephens.