Dale Crisp | 12th March, 2025 THE GOVERNMENT of Samoa has told its New Zealand counterpart it now sees no need to salvage the sunken HMNZS Manawanui. The vessel sank on the morning of 6 October 2024, after hitting a reef it was in the process of surveying, the previous evening. An initial finding by an officialContinue reading “NZDF WRECK SET TO BECOME DIVE SITE”
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HMNZS Manawanui returns from South Pacific deployment
Working alongside Royal Australian Navy forces, disposing of Second World War bombs in Vanuatu, marching in a street parade in Tonga and surveying areas of the sea floor in Ha’apai has kept the Royal New Zealand Navy Littoral Warfare Force busy. 10 July, 2024 HMNZS Manawanui arrived back at Devonport Naval Base on Wednesday, allowingContinue reading “HMNZS Manawanui returns from South Pacific deployment”
Diving Tender – Manawanui – iv
HMNZS Manawanui is a multi-role offshore support vessel currently commissioned in the Royal New Zealand Navy. The ship replaces two decommissioned vessels, the hydrographic survey ship HMNZS Resolution and the diving support vessel HMNZS Manawanui.[4] Defence officials reviewed 150 vessels before identifying the 85-metre Norwegian built MV Edda Fonn as suitable for conversion. It was delivered in May 2019 and commissioned on 7 June ofContinue reading “Diving Tender – Manawanui – iv”
Diving Tender – Manawanui – iii
HMNZS Manawanui (A09) was commissioned in 1988 as a diving support vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally she was built as a diving support vessel, the Star Perseus, for North Sea oil rig operations. Manawanui is the third ship with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. Manawanui is a MāoriContinue reading “Diving Tender – Manawanui – iii”
Diving Tender – Manawanui – ii
HMNZS Kahu (A04) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was launched in 1979 as the lead boat of her class, modified to function as a diving tender. She was initially named HMNZS Manawanui (A09),[1] the second of soon to be four diving tenders with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. As a diving tender she participated in the exploration and salvageContinue reading “Diving Tender – Manawanui – ii”
