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The Royal Canadian Navy’s new supply ship Asterix is operating in the Pacific but it won’t at this point be lending a helping hand to those in need after last week’s earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia.

Indonesian authorities have been struggling to get relief to survivors who have been left without food, water, fuel and medicine after Friday’s magnitude 7.5 quake and tsunami that smashed homes and businesses, downed communications and made roads impassable on Sulawesi. The official death toll rose to 1,407 on Wednesday, with thousands injured and more than 70,000 displaced, said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. He said the number of dead would increase, but that rescue crews had reached all affected areas.

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The U.N. estimated that some 200,000 people need assistance.

A marine traffic location site indicates MV Asterix is off the coast of Vietnam. The ship, which has the role of refueling and resupplying Royal Canadian Navy vessels, is also capable of conducting humanitarian missions and disaster relief missions, according to the Royal Canadian Navy.