Crew members of HMAS Kanimbla launch a U.S. boat into the waters of the northern Arabian Gulf in this photo taken in 2002.
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Royal Australian Navy
Deployed to: Persian Gulf
Units: Sea transport ship HMAS Kanimbla left Sydney on January 23 carrying about 350 sailors and soldiers, a Sea King helicopter, Army landing craft, an Army air defense detachment and a specialist explosives ordnance team. A Navy clearance diver team capable of locating, rendering safe and disposing of mines left Sydney on February 14.
Duties: The Kanimbla will join frigates HMAS Anzac and Darwin in the Persian Gulf, where they are deployed as part of the multinational force enforcing the U.N. sanctions against Iraq.
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