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List of shipwrecks: 21 June 2024 Ship State Description Aratere New Zealand: The ro-ro passenger, vehicle and rail ferry ran aground due to a steering failure in Titoki Bay about 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) to the north of Picton, New Zealand on the South Island. The vessel was refloated about 24 hours later on 22 June. [85]
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.
However, the ship continued on its path until it struck a reef off the coast of Samoa at 10 knots, or roughly 11 miles per hour. It then traveled for another 635 meters until it became stranded ...
MV Lestari Maju- At noon on 3 July, a modified 10-ton cargo ship that operated domestic passenger service was deliberately grounded off the Selayar Islands. The ferry had reportedly suffered a leak on the port side of the lower deck. As the ferry began to sink, the captain decided to ground the ferry to stop the sinking and ease the rescue ...
Those on board have since returned to New Zealand by plane. The specialist dive and hydrographic vessel had been in service for New Zealand since 2019, but was 20 years old and had previously belonged to Norway. The military said the ship, purchased for $100 million NZ dollars ($61 million), was not covered by replacement insurance.
The first ship given by the British government for the New Zealand Naval Forces was the cruiser HMS Philomel, which escorted New Zealand land forces to occupy the German colony of Samoa in 1914. Philomel saw further action under the command of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea , and the Persian Gulf .
New Zealand's Defence Minister on Thursday publicly criticised online trolling of the female captain of a naval vessel that sunk at the weekend, saying while the cause of the incident was unknown ...
There is a long history of shipwrecks and vessels capsizing or being lost in the seas around the Southland Region of New Zealand. [1] The worst incident was on 29 April 1881, when the SS Tararua struck Otara reef 13 km (8.1 mi) off Waipapa Point. [2] [3] [4] Of the ship's 151 passengers, only 20 survived.