Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Wollongong has made a mercy dash to embark two injured Australians who were rescued by an Indonesian merchant vessel in the Arafura Sea. An Indonesian registered civilian offshore supply ship, MV POSH Shearwater, initially responded to a vessel in distress call and rescued the two men from their sinking craft on 14 May. The transfer from the POSH Shearwater was made using a winchable Paraguard Stretcher onto Wollongong’s sea boat, which then brought the injured sailors to the patrol boat. The task was made more difficult by the need to make the transfer at night in the open sea. Medics from Wollongong first boarded POSH Shearwater to check and prepare the two men for transfer to the patrol boat.