Image Gallery: May 2009

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Able Seaman Electronics Technician (ABET) Eisner retrieves a cable from the wharf before HMAS MANOORA departs Sydney Harbour for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 12 May 2009)
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Private Melvin Lancaster, a member of the Ship's Army Department, fallen in as HMAS MANOORA departs Sydney Harbour for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 12 May 2009)
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SMNBM Law (left) and SMNBM Taylor stand at-ease on the forecastle as HMAS MANOORA departs Sydney Harbour for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 12 May 2009)
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Leading Seaman Naval Police Coxswain (NPC) Lisa Estcourt and Chief Petty Officer NPC McIntyre man the helm as HMAS MANOORA departs Sydney Harbour for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 12 May 2009)
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HMAS MANOORA's visual callsign, VLTU, displayed on the port inner halyard as she departs Sydney Harbor for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 12 May 2009)
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Able Seaman Cook Cameron Acreman prepares steak sandwiches for the lunch menu onboard HMAS MANOORA.

(Date taken: 13 May 2009)
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Sub Lieutenant Steve Fitzsimons (left) and Midshipman Andrew Greig take a fix just South of Cape Palmerston onboard HMAS MANOORA before entering the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland.

(Date taken: 14 May 2009)
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Chief Petty Officer Marine Technician Michael Schamps on the bride of HMAS MANOORA as the ship conducts an emergency stop, reversing engines in order to test stopping the ship in the shortest possible distance.
HMAS MANORA is transiting to Darwin enroute to her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 14 May 2009)
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Gunner of the Watch, Seaman Boatswains Mate Scott Spencer, stands by on the port bridge wing as HMAS MANOORA conducts a man overboard exercise while transiting to Darwin enroute to her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 15 May 2009)
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HMAS MANOORA conducts early morning crane operations with the 70T Crane, disembarking cradles onto two Landing Craft Medium in Cleveland Bay near Townsville.
HMAS MANOORA transports equipment for the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program 2009 before sailing for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 15 May 2009)
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Private Cameron Espley (left), a member of the Ship's Army Department (SAD) attaches a cleat to a forward deck tie-down as HMAS MANOORA conducts early morning crane operations with the 70T Crane, disembarking cradles onto two Landing Craft Medium in Cleveland Bay near Townsville.
HMAS MANOORA transports equipment for the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program 2009 before sailing for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 15 May 2009)
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HMAS MANOORA conducts early morning crane operations with the 70T Crane, disembarking cradles onto two Landing Craft Medium in Cleveland Bay near Townsville.
HMAS MANOORA transports equipment for the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program 2009 before sailing for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 15 May 2009)
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The cradle is lowered into a Landing Craft Medium (LCM8) as HMAS MANOORA conducts early morning crane operations with the 70T Crane, in Cleveland Bay, Townsville.
The Army LCM8s are based with 35 Water Transport Squadron, Ross Island, Townsville.
HMAS MANOORA transports equipment for the Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Program 2009 before sailing for her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 15 May 2009)
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HMAS MANOORA's bow slices through the water on her passage through the Great Barrier Reef, enroute to her South East Asian Deployment.

(Date taken: 15 May 2009)
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