The Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui has sunk off the coast of Samoa after running aground on a reef. The 75 passengers and crew were evacuated into life rafts after the incident on Saturday night - a move ...

A New Zealand navy vessel plowed into a reef near Samoa and sank because its crew mistakenly left it on "autopilot," a military inquiry found on Friday. Dozens of sailors were rescued from the HMNZS ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for ...

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 ...

New Zealand's government has paid Samoa 10m Samoan Tala (NZD 6m; £2.6m) after one of its naval ships crashed into a reef in Samoan waters before catching fire and sinking last year. HMNZS Manawanui ...