The vessel is the first New Zealand naval vessel to be unintentionally sunk since World War II and the first to be lost in peacetime

Monday, October 7th, 2024

In December 2022, Commander Yvonne Gray took the command of HMNZS Manawanui:

Gray, originally an officer in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, moved to New Zealand in 2012. In 2024 the vessel carried out three deployments to the South West Pacific, including visits to Kermadec Islands, Samoa, Tokelau and Niue. In its final deployment the vessel sailed from Devonport on 28 September, intending to return to port on 1 November.

On the evening of 5 October 2024, the ship ran aground around one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Siumu, on the south coast of Upolu island, Samoa, whilst carrying out survey work to a reef in rough seas and high winds. Commander Yvonne Gray gave the order to abandon the ship.

On the evening of 5 October 2024, the ship ran aground around one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Siumu, on the south coast of Upolu island, Samoa, whilst carrying out survey work to a reef in rough seas and high winds. Commander Yvonne Gray gave the order to abandon the ship.

Rescue efforts were managed by the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre and the Royal New Zealand Air Force deployed a P-8A Poseidon aircraft to assist. The evacuation began at 7:52 pm on 5 October.

Due to challenging weather conditions it took five hours for the lifeboats to reach the shore. One of the rescue boats flipped over during the journey and its occupants walked to shore on the reef.

The vessel caught fire by 6:40 am on 6 October and capsized and sank by 9:00 am.

At least 17 people were injured in the incident, many from cuts and abrasions from walking on the reef, and three received hospital treatment, including one for a dislocated shoulder.

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The vessel is the first New Zealand naval vessel to be unintentionally sunk since World War II and the first to be lost in peacetime.

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VXXC says:

October 7, 2024 at 4:14 pm

“The specialist dive and hydrographic vessel lost power and ran aground on Saturday evening while conducting a reef survey one nautical mile off the southern coast of the Samoan island of Upolu.”

Lost Power? I’m not a sailor or ship power engineer. WTF lost power? My house has generator backup, along with triple internet and if necessary, a wood stove for heat.

How are these ships losing power? Other than yes we get it…yes..but why are these ships losing power?
Doc Love says:

October 7, 2024 at 11:56 pm

It is amazing no one got permanently mutilated, maimed or killed, and thank God for that.
Handle says:

October 8, 2024 at 6:42 am

The cargo ship which rammed and took out the Key bridge in Baltimore also lost power, but reportedly its electrical systems had been acting up for a while.
Bob Sykes says:

October 8, 2024 at 8:58 am

All of the ship’s officers are fat women.
T. Beholder says:

October 8, 2024 at 10:17 am

This spilled something that smells funny, and it’s (mostly) not oil.

They said in the presser the ship was not doing a survey task at the time, however the “Initial Statement” put out by NZDF on Saturday night (05/10/2024) said ” The incident occurred on Saturday evening while conducting a reef survey.” [...] discrepancies between the times of when the ship was abandoned.

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Collins has been saying yesterday on various media interviews that a “power failure” occurred and has put that out as a probable reason for the grounding. As everyone has replied: then drop anchor!

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The silence around details such as this do not inspire confidence

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It is very murky. And no matter what the cause was 100% preventable.

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As for the inquiry, I suspect it may be prone to an arse-covering the likes of which we have come to expect. An incident with HMNZS Te Kaha smacking into the Kauri Point armament depot wharf earlier this year is a case study.

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/10/08/hmnzs-manawanui-new-zealands-reputation-sunk-with-her/
Michael van der Riet says:

October 8, 2024 at 10:47 am

https://babylonbee.com/news/lesbian-captain-crashes-after-insisting-ships-dont-have-to-go-into-ports
Phil B. says:

October 8, 2024 at 4:46 pm

An analysis of the voyage and pointing out some anomalies and odd occurrences is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR85gqVwbWQ

The Captain, being a lesbian and a woman (obviously), is a DEI hire, so it will be hushed up, and she’ll be promoted for heroically saving the lives of her crew.

It is being said here in NZ that the ship was trialling biofuel (Clean and Green and all that), so maybe that was a contributing factor.
T. Beholder says:

October 10, 2024 at 9:51 am

It is being said here in NZ that the ship was trialling biofuel (Clean and Green and all that), so maybe that was a contributing factor.

As comments in thedailyblog.co.nz mentioned, Manawanui (nee Edda Fonn) had redundant 4× generators and one weaker emergency generator. And all sorts of nice hardware for the worst sea conditions ever.

https://www.ship-technology.com/projects/edda/

While theoretically they could have been retarded enough to run a trial on all 4 at once…

Rear Admiral Garin Golding told Morning Report there were different types of fuel on board the ship, the largest being 950 tonnes of automotive gas oil.

https://pina.com.fj/2024/10/08/nearly-1000-tonnes-of-diesel-on-sunken-nz-navy-ship-manawanui/

…it looks like they weren’t.

So this “power failure” still looks like an excuse cribbed from a previous incident. After all, once the electric parts are burned out and submerged for a while, who can tell?
James James says:

October 11, 2024 at 2:43 am

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/08/hmnzs-manawanui-sinking-royal-us-navy-ship-reef-samoa/

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