Operation DAMASK III

Date from 01 March 1991
Date to 15 July 2003
Place Persian Gulf
Category Peacekeeping Operation
Conflict Maritime Interception Force (MIF 2) 1991-2003
Alternative Names
  • DAMASK
Description

Following the liberation of Kuwait UN sanctions continued against Iraq, because it continued to defy Security Council Resolutions. HMAS Westralia remained in the Arabian Gulf supporting these sanctions and was replaced by HMAS Darwin in mid June 1991. In October 1991, HMAS Sydney replaced Darwin.
Comments: Since then HMAS Darwin, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Parramatta have rotated on six-month deployments

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