Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A New Zealand navy vessel plowed into a reef near Samoa and sank because its crew mistakenly left it on "autopilot," a military ...

A Royal New Zealand Navy ship, HMNZS Manawanui, has run aground and sunk off Samoa while carrying out a tropical reef survey, but all 75 crew and passengers on board have been reported safe ashore. On ...

HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sunk off the coast of Samoa as a result of human error, an interim Court of Inquiry report shows. The Royal New Zealand Navy ship grounded on a reef on the southern side ...

A New Zealand naval ship which crashed into a coral reef before it caught fire and sank had been left on autopilot, an official inquiry has found. Crew members of HMNZS Manawanui had thought the ship ...

Speed will be of the essence as salvage crews attempt to stop fuel leaking from the sunken New Zealand naval ship off the coast of Samoa. The HMNZS Manawanui ran aground last weekend on a reef about ...

Manawanui is encouraging the disability community to engage with the government’s consultation to get the best possible outcomes. Earlier this week Tues February 11, Manawanui hosted Disability ...

One of New Zealand's navy ships struck a reef and sank after it was left on autopilot, an official inquiry has found. The HMNZS Manawanui went down on October 5 while it was conducting surveys off the ...

· NZDF Senior National Representative for Operation Resolution, Commodore Andrew Brown said, “Another important milestone in Operation Resolution has been reached with the work to retrieve important ...

A maritime historian says a lack of training and expertise with the HMNZS Manawanui’s autopilot and propulsion systems caused October’s accident. The Royal New Zealand Navy ship, a specialist survey ...