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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.
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 ...
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.
HMNZS Canterbury is a multi-role vessel (MRV) of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in June 2007, and is the second ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy to carry the name. She was commissioned in June 2007, and is the second ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy to carry the name.
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]
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 Taupo was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.Taupo was commissioned in 1975 and decommissioned in 1991, serving for 16 years. [1]Taupo was one of three ships of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Taupo.
Seventy-one years after her sinking, Moa ' s name plate was recovered by divers and is being restored for eventual display at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum in Auckland, New Zealand. [4] The Torpedo Bay Naval Museum already has on display the main deck gun recovered from the wreck of the I-1 .