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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