07-10-2024, 01:23 PM
(06-10-2024, 08:17 PM)nzoomed Wrote: ...
Near new boat only built around 2019 from what I can tell doing survey work, hits a reef and catches fire then sinks.
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From Wikipedia:
The ship was originally a survey vessel for the oil and gas industry, entering service in 2003 as MV Edda Fonn. She was purchased for the Royal New Zealand Navy in 2018, and commissioned as HMNZS Manawanui on 7 June 2019.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Manawanui_(2019)