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| Australia's largest ship suffers power failure and COVID outbreak off Tonga |
| 2022-02-02 |
| [AustraliaBroadcasting] Massive electrical power failure has crippled the Australian Navy's largest warship as it completes its humanitarian mission to Tonga following the January 14 volcanic eruption and tsunami. The ABC can reveal that despite days of emergency work HMAS Adelaide, known as a landing helicopter dock (LHD), is still experiencing problems, having earlier been "stranded". An email sent by HMAS Adelaide's commander states: "Marine Technical Department have worked throughout the past few days to restore power and get us operational again." In the message, obtained by the ABC, Captain Stuart Watters says: "We are still experiencing issues with external communications and wanted to let you know that everyone onboard is safe. "We want to thank the technical team for their hard work in hot and difficult conditions which is enabling us to complete our task and restore services and communications." Sources on board HMAS Adelaide have told the ABC the ship was "stranded" for a period of time, because of a "total power failure", including the backup power. |
| Posted by:Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 |
| #5 COVID-free Tonga goes into lockdown with five cases after dock workers fell sick unloading international aid for the tsunami-hit island |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-02 18:45 |
| #4 Ref # 1, do you have a source or reference? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-02-02 12:06 |
| #3 "Stranded" means on the beach. I take it they mean, "Dead in the water and drifting with the wind and tide"? |
| Posted by: KBK 2022-02-02 11:07 |
| #2 Last week, HMAS Adelaide was allowed to dock in Tonga to deliver humanitarian supplies, despite a COVID-19 outbreak that occurred on board shortly after it had departed Australia. Thought the Aussie faucists had everyone jabbed? You know. I'm watching a series covering USS Enterprise '42-'45. I don't think I have heard about any side losing an entire warship over a couple cases of the sniffles. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-02-02 10:28 |
| #1 Chinese 'warning?' |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-02-02 10:28 |