Operation CATALYST: Image Gallery
17 July 2006
Images from HMAS Ballarat
HMAS BALLARAT, deployed in the Persian Gulf, is the Royal Australian Navy’s current contribution to maritime security operations in the region. The ship, which is part of Task Force 158 (TF158) is serving in the northern waters of the gulf, where its duties include oil platform protection, maintaining Iraqi boarders, humanitarian assistance and denying illegal trade.
HMAS BALLARAT is the eighth ANZAC Class Frigate and the sixth for the Royal Australian Navy, two being bought by New Zealand. The ship which was commissioned on the 26th June 2004 is on its first deployment to the Middle East.
The ship, named after the Victorian city which was the location of the Eureka Stockade, takes its ship motto, "Defend the Flag" from that famous fight for equality.
| 20060627adf8107930_018 IC (1st in charge) of standing sea fire party searches for the seat of the fire using a thermal imaging camera, in a damage control exercise on HMAS BALLARAT. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_029 Standing sea fire party fights a simulated fire in the main engine room during a Damage control exercise onboard HMAS BALLARAT. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_033 For Exercise!, For Exercise!, For Exercise!. Fire in the Main Engine room, Standing Sea Fire Party close up and investigate. |
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| 20060627adf8107930_035 A member of the Standing Sea Fire Party catches her breath after a Damage Control Exercise onboard HMAS BALLARAT. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_063 Ship's Chaplain Christopher Aulch and Lieutenant Commander Jason Downie get together for an impromptu jam session aboard HMAS BALLARAT. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_083 HMAS BALLARAT, deployed in the Persian Gulf, is the Royal Australian Navy’s current contribution to maritime security operations in the region. The ship, which is part of Task Force 158 (TF158) is serving in the northern waters of the gulf, where its duties include oil platform protection, maintaining Iraqi boarders, humanitarian assistance and denying illegal trade. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_086 HMAS BALLARAT, deployed in the Persian Gulf, is the Royal Australian Navy’s current contribution to maritime security operations in the region. The ship, which is part of Task Force 158 (TF158) is serving in the northern waters of the gulf, where its duties include oil platform protection, maintaining Iraqi boarders, humanitarian assistance and denying illegal trade. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_128 Colonel Jeffery Brock, Leading Seaman Medic Michael Holeman and Able Seaman Zami Burns are the medical team onboard HMAS BALLARAT. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_134 Colonel Jeffery Brock, Leading Seaman Medic Michael Holeman and Able Seaman Zami Burns examine the hand of an injured US Sailor in the medical Bay of HMAS BALLARAT. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_141 A closer look, Colonel Jeffery Brock inspects the injured hand of a US sailor in HMAS BALLARAT's Medical Bay. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_142 Colonel Jeffery Brock, HMAS BALLARAT's Doctor, examines the wounded hand of a US Sailor. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_143 Colonel Jeffery Brock, HMAS BALLARAT's Doctor, examines the wounded hand of a US Sailor. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_165 Able Seaman Medic Zami Burns inserts a intravenous needle into the arm of an injured US sailor. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_180 An injured US Sailor is given a shot of antibiotics by Leading Seaman Medic Michael Holeman. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_185 Leading Seaman Medic Michael Holeman flushes the wounds in the fingers of a US Sailor. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_198 Petty offficer 1st Class, Corpsman, Terome Harding from the USS SIROCCO and Leading Seaman Medic Michael Holeman from HMAS BALLARAT bandage up the injured fingers of a US Engineering sailor. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20060627adf8107930_206 Leading Seaman Medic Michael Holeman Bandages the injured fingers of a US Sailor in the Medical bay of HMAS BALLARAT. (Date taken: 28 June 2006) Low-res | High-res |
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