HMAS 'Toowoomba' will be the first Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ship to join the US-led Combined Task Force combating piracy off the Horn of Africa.
Chief of Joint Operations Command, Lieutenant General Mark Evans, said HMAS 'Toowoomba's' involvement in the operation was an important contribution towards countering piracy.
"As an ANZAC-class frigate, HMAS 'Toowoomba' will provide a major deterrent presence. Other tasks will include escorting merchant shipping in the maritime corridors of the Gulf of Aden, as well as tracking and reporting on any piracy situations," Lieutenant-General Evans said.
The RAN counter-piracy activities are conducted according to the International Law of the Sea and support and safeguard merchant vessels and other legitimate maritime traffic under way in the region.
