Operation Quickstep
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Operation Quickstep was the deployment of military resources by the Australian Defence Force during the leadup to the 2006 Fijian coup d'état on 4–5 December 2006, during which the Fijian military too
HMAS Kanimbla in Darwin in July 2006
The section of the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial commemorating the two Australian Army personnel killed during Operation Quickstep
HMAS Success (OR 304)
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HMAS Success was a Durance-class multi-product replenishment oiler that previously served in the Royal Australian Navy. Built by Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company in Sydney, Australia, during the 1
Operation Quickstep
…to arrive on station, having departed Sydney on 1 November. HMAS Kanimbla departed two days later, after taking on additional equipment and personnel. HMAS Success joined the two ships later, arriving on or before 24 November. On 29 November 2006, a S-70 Blackhawk operating from Kanimbla crashed while attempting…
HMAS Success in June 2018
Fuel lines being transferred from Success's port replenishment points to the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, during a replenishment at sea in 2005. The cruiser USS Cowpens has just completed replenishment on the starboard side, and is pulling away.
Port quarter view of Success, showing the ship's helicopter hangar and an embarked Sea King helicopter
HMAS Success sailing alongside HMAS Tobruk during RIMPAC 08