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HMNZS Wellington was deliberately sunk off the south coast of Houghton Bay, Wellington just east of Island Bay. Although the ship was due to be sunk at 3pm on 12 November 2005, this was delayed for 24 hours due to weather. The next day, the sinking was delayed by another 30 minutes due to the entanglement of a detonation cable under the frigate.
The HMNZS Manawanui caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa on October 6, 2024. Profile Boats/supplied/RNZ A New Zealand naval ship that capsized and sank off Samoa last month had been left on ...
The ship arrived in New Zealand in May 2019. [18] Renamed, HMNZS Manawanui was commissioned into the RNZN on 7 June. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was the ship's sponsor. [4] At the time of commissioning it was intended that the ship would serve with the navy for 15 years. [19]
The HMNZS Manawanui's sinking came just weeks after the only U.S. Navy oil replenishment ship serving the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group ran aground off the coast of Oman. At the time, U ...
The HMNZS Manawanui was a relatively new addition to the New Zealand navy, having been purchased in 2018 for around $100 million NZD ($61 million), though it was built in the early 2000s.
After the sinking, there was a legal dispute on who owned the wreck, with the RNZAF claiming that the New Zealand Fisheries Ltd still owned the wreck, and the New Zealand Fisheries Ltd claiming the RNZAF owned the wreck, resulting in a six-year legal battle.
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday.
HMNZS Moa (T233) was a Bird-class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy ... At some point in the interim following the sinking of the submarine I-1 and her own ...