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HMAS Kanimbla sent in aid effort AUSTRALIA is sending a warship loaded with helicopters and engineers to Indonesia to help with reconstruction efforts and has offered Jakarta a 90-bed field hospital to treat disaster victims. Prime Minister John Howard said today the HMAS Kanimbla, which can carry up to four helicopters and has advanced medical capability, would depart Sydney to Indonesia via Darwin for what he believed would be a lengthy deployment in the disaster zone. Mr Howard said an Antonov aircraft loaded with three Iroquois helicopters would also arrive in Indonesia on Monday. “There is a desperate need for...

An Australian clearance diver, Leading Seaman Jason (surname withheld) on watch patrol at Umm Qasr Lock and load ... Chief Petty Officer Mark, Leading Seaman Shaun and Petty Officer Billy (surnames withheld) keep the guns on board the HMAS Kanimbla at full strength Ready and willing ... the flight deck crew of the HMAS Kanimbla, which is patrolling the Gulf, await orders An Australian sub lieutenant on patrol watch at the port of Umm Qasr during Operation Falconer Wing Commander Alan (left) and Lieutenant Colonel Phil (surnames withheld) read letters from their children at a military base in Qatar Nerves...