10 April 2005

HMAS Kanimbla continues on station off the island of Nias

The Royal Australian Navy amphibious transport ship HMAS Kanimbla continues on station off the island of Nias supporting humanitarian relief operations led by the Indonesian Government following a severe earthquake which hit the region on 29 March 2005. Kanimbla's complement includes Navy and Army medical teams who continue helping Nias islanders after nine of their own comrades were killed in a helicopter accident while on a relief mission on 2 April. Kanimbla is deployed under phase 2 of Operation Sumatra Assist -- the Australian Government response to the Indonesian Government's requests for assistance with tsunami and earthquake disaster relief in the Sumatra region.

20050402ran8086543_015 A Nias islander injured in the 29 March Sumatra earthquake receives treatment in the Primary Casualty Resuscitation Facility (PCRF) on board HMAS Kanimbla. (Date taken: 02 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050402ran8086543_020 Nias islanders injured in the 29 March Sumatra earthquake receive treatment in the Primary Casualty Resuscitation Facility (PCRF) on board HMAS Kanimbla. (Date taken: 02 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050402ran8086543_021 A Nias islander injured in the 29 March Sumatra earthquake receives treatment in the Primary Casualty Resuscitation Facility (PCRF) on board HMAS Kanimbla. (Date taken: 02 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050402ran8086543_034 A Nias islander injured in the 29 March Sumatra earthquake receives treatment in the Primary Casualty Resuscitation Facility (PCRF) on board HMAS Kanimbla. (Date taken: 02 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050402ran8086543_050 A Nias islander injured in the 29 March Indonesia earthquake receives treatment in the Primary Casualty Resuscitation Facility (PCRF) on board HMAS Kanimbla. (Date taken: 02 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050402ran8086543_070 A Nias islander injured in the 29 March Sumatra earthquake receives treatment in the Primary Casualty Resuscitation Facility (PCRF) on board HMAS Kanimbla. (Date taken: 02 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050408ran8107930_015 US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters transfer stores from the hospital ship USNS Mercy in a vertical replenishment and replenishment at sea with USNS Tippecanoe and HMAS Kanimbla off the coast of Nias, in Indonesia's North Sumatra province. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050408ran8107930_021 A US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from USNS Tippecanoe transfers stores onto the flight deck of HMAS Kanimbla during a vertical replenishment and replenishment at sea off the coast of Nias, Indonesia. The white ship behind HMAS Kanimbla is the US Navy hospital ship, USNS Mercy. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050408ran8107930_022 A US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from USNS Tippecanoe transfers stores onto the flight deck of HMAS Kanimbla during a vertical replenishment and replenishment at sea off the coast of Nias, Indonesia. The white ship behind HMAS Kanimbla is the US Navy hospital ship, USNS Mercy. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050408ran8107930_030 Private Rebecca Parker from the Australian Army 2 Health Support Battalion, Enoggera, Queensland, watches as the replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe and hospital ship USNS Mercy perform a replenishment at sea and vertical replenishment with HMAS Kanimbla off the coast of the island of Nias, in Indonesia's North Sumatra Province. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050408ran8107930_057 A US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from USNS Tippecanoe transfers stores onto the flight deck of HMAS Kanimbla during a vertical replenishment and replenishment at sea off the coast of Nias, Indonesia. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050408ran8107930_059 A US Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter from USNS Tippecanoe transfers stores onto the flight deck of HMAS Kanimbla during a vertical replenishment and replenishment at sea off the coast of Nias, Indonesia. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res
20050408ran8107930_093 Sacks of potatoes are stowed after HMAS Kanimbla received vertical replenishment from the US Navy replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res	20050408ran8107930_116 The crew of HMAS Kanimbla stow stores after a vertical replenishment from the US Navy replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-Res | Hi-Res