New Zealand loses first naval ship since WW2 threatening oil spill off Samoan coast
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 fishing and tourism.
New Zealand loses first naval ship to sea since WW2
The Royal New Zealand Navy has lost its first ship to the sea since World War Two, after one of its vessels ran aground off the coast of Samoa. HMNZS Manawanui, a specialist diving and ocean imaging ship, came into trouble about one nautical mile from the island of Upolu on Saturday night local time, while conducting a survey of a reef.
A Samoan man said oil from the sunk HMNZS Manawanui was identifiable along the coast for several kilometres which would have ...
New Zealand’s Defence Force lost a $100 million Navy ship, HMNZS Manawanui, after it struck a reef and sank in strong ...
The New Zealand commander of a stricken navy ship that hit a reef and sank off the coast of Samoa has thanked rescue crews on ...
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