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NZ Navy ship runs aground off Samoa, catches fire and sinks (www.rnz.co.nz)
submitted 3 hours ago by Ilovethebomb to c/newzealand
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No serious injuries, thankfully. What a colossal screw up though.

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 12 points 2 hours ago

The HMNZS Manawanui - a specialist dive and hydrographic vessel - was conducting a reef survey when it hit the reef on Saturday night.

Reef successfully surveyed. Results: it's there.

[–] terraborra 20 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Feel bad for the crew, but damn I love that succinct punchy headline.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

“Burnt down, fell over, then sank into the swamp.”

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago

And then we built another one...

[–] Ilovethebomb 11 points 2 hours ago

It really does sum up the story quite well, doesn't it?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

new reef just dropped

[–] Ilovethebomb 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

CLANGGG!

Found it!

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

Ugh. Been there.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.

[–] MadMonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Rip millions of tax payer dollaroos