A lack of training, qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught ...

A New Zealand military inquiry has found a lack of training and experience were among factors that led to the sinking of a navy vessel off the coast of Samoa.

Royal New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui ran aground with 75 people on board in Samoa whilst conducting a hydrographic ...

Commander Yvonne Gray was the captain of the HMNZS Manawanui when it left New Zealand on the ill-fated trip to the Pacific ...

New Zealand Navy Ship Sank Due to 'Series of Human Errors', Inquiry Says SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel that ran aground and sank off the coast of Samoa last year was doomed by ...

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An inquiry by the government on Friday found that a Royal New Zealand Navy ship which ran aground off the coasts of Samoa and sank last year, was doomed to failure due to several mistakes ...

SYDNEY, April 4 (Reuters) - A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel that ran aground and ... risks related to the survey task carried out by the ship and that the supervision was not adequate.

qualifications and experience among the crew on board a New Zealand navy ship that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa have been identified by a military Court of Inquiry in a ...

FILE - In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6.