NZ Ocean Floor Survey Naval Vessel Runs Aground Off Samoa

by | Oct 16, 2024

hmnzs manawanui

That New Zealand naval ship that ran aground, foundered, caught fire and capsized with the DEI Captain commanding was an ocean survey and mapping ship. HMNZS Manawanui was a dive and hydrographic vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). It was one of five vessels active in the Royal New Zealand Navy.

A dive and hydro-graphic ship. An ocean floor survey vessel.

A dive and hydro-graphic ship. An ocean floor survey vessel.

A dive and hydro-graphic ship. An ocean floor survey vessel!

It ran aground.

Aground.

Then it caught fire but no one is responsible, it just happened.

They had one job…

There are a little over 2000 pax in the Royal New Zealand Navy and nine, strike that, eight commissioned ships.

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Bill Buppert

Bill Buppert

Bill Buppert is the host of Chasing Ghosts: An Irregular Warfare Podcast and a contributor over time to various liberty endeavors. He served in the military for nearly a quarter century and contractor tours after retirement on occasion and was a combat tourist in a number of neo-imperialist shit-pits around the world.

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