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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]
[1] [4] She completed this posting in late 2022 and was appointed as Commander Logistics in the RNZN, also being the first woman to hold this role. [5] In October 2024 Ross was appointed the head of the court of inquiry responsible for investigating the sinking of the dive and hydrographic vessel HMNZS Manawanui off Samoa that month. [6]
New Zealand’s Navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for ...
HMNZS Manawanui (A09) was commissioned in 1988 as a diving support vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally she was built as a diving support vessel, the Star Perseus, for North Sea oil rig operations. Manawanui is the third ship with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. Manawanui is a Māori word meaning "to be brave or steadfast".
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.
The HMNZS Manawanui was the first ship New Zealand had lost since World War II, the BBC reported, and was one of nine ships in the country's small navy fleet. The Manawanui had been dispatched to ...
HMNZS Manawanui (1948) – the first diving tender of the New Zealand navy from 1953 to 1978; HMNZDT Manawanui (1978) – the second diving tender, renamed as HMNZS Kahu in 1988; HMNZS Manawanui (A09) – diving tender commissioned in 1988, decommissioned in 2018; HMNZS Manawanui (2019) – hydrographic and diving support vessel commissioned in ...
The HMNZS Manawanui was conducting a hydrographic survey when it ran aground. The cause of the sinking is under investigation. A New Zealand naval ship that cost around $63 million caught fire and ...