Operation Padang Assist
HMAS Kanimbla set sail on Sunday 3 October to join the growing Australian emergency response effort established in the wake of the Indonesian earthquake.
She is expected to take at least 10 days to reach Indonesia, conducting port calls while en-route to pick up additional personnel, engineering equipment and infrastructure, and humanitarian aid.
Kanimbla an Amphibious Landing Platform, is equipped with the RAN’s Primary Care Reception Facility (PCRF) and an embarked helicopter capability. The PCRF is a deployable resuscitative surgical health support capability with a 40-bed hospital incorporating full surgical and recovery facilities.
Commanding Officer of Kanimbla, Commander Timothy Byles, said that one of the ship’s primary roles is to provide humanitarian assistance in situations like that in Padang.
" Kanimbla is ready to come to the aid of Indonesia with our surgical and health facilities and the Sea King helicopters that offer the best deployable support in the Royal Australian Navy,” said Commander Byles said.
“The ship’s company, joined by the Sea King flight team and the PCRF team, are always willing and ready at short notice to support Australian Government relief efforts to assist the victims of disasters like the earthquake devastation in Sumatra.”
The assistance Kanimbla will provide will be determined in close coordination with the Indonesian Government.
Images of the Sea King helicopters being prepared for deployment with HMAS Kanimbla are available on the Defence website
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News
- 19 November 2009 - Kanimbla Returns From Humanitarian Mission
- 6 November 2009 - Kanimbla Returns To Darwin Following Padang Relief Mission
- 30 October 2009 - Padang Mission Ends
- 17 October 2009 - Operation Padang Assist Update - Week 2
- 16 October 2009 - HMAS Kanimbla Prepares For Padang Beach Landing
- 9 October 2009 - Pandang Assist One week On
- 8 October 2009 - article on HMAS Kanimbla crash sailing for Operation Padang Assist
- 7 October 2009 - Port visit allows Kanimbla to take on supplies
- View more Operation Padang Assist articles.
Video
Image Gallery
- View Operation Padang Assist images.Updated
- View images of the beach landing of the engineer equipment to be used in the reconstruction operation in Padang on the Defence Image gallery.
- View images of HMAS Kanimbla en route to Padang on the Defence Image gallery.
- View images of the final preparations for the amphibious landing on the Defence Image gallery.
