At Colombo HMA Ships Ipswich, Burnie and Toowoomba paid off and were transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy.
- Burnie was renamed Ceram.
- Ipswich was renamed Morotai. In 1949 the ship was transferred by the Royal Netherlands Navy to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Hang Tuah. In April 1958 she was bombed and sunk by an aircraft operated by forces in rebellion against the Indonesian Government.
- Toowoomba was renamed Boeroe and was removed from the effective list of the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1958.