A New Zealand Navy inquiry has found that a $133m naval ship sank off the coast of Samoa because of human error.

New Zealand 's worst peacetime maritime accident occurred when the ship sunk off the coast in bad weather, with all 75 crew ...

Crew aboard the HMNZS Manawanui left the ship on autopilot, which caused it to crash into a reef and sink, according to a ...

One of New Zealand's navy ships struck a reef and sank after it was left on autopilot, an official inquiry has found. The ...

The HMNZS Manawanui was the first ship New Zealand lost since World War II, and was one of nine ships in the country's small ...

A New Zealand naval ship which crashed into a coral reef before it caught fire and sank had been left on autopilot, an ...

A New Zealand navy vessel ploughed into a reef near Samoa and sank because its crew mistakenly left it on "autopilot", a military inquiry found on Friday.

A New Zealand navy vessel hit a reef and sank due to a "series of human errors," a military court of inquiry found on Friday. The HMNZS Manawanui sank in October while surveying a reef off the coast ...

A military investigation has found series of human errors caused a New Zealand navy ship to plough into a Samoan reef and ...

Preliminary findings from a military Court of Inquiry reveal human errors led to the New Zealand navy ship HMNZS Manawanui ...

A series of human errors caused a New Zealand navy ship to plough into a reef off the coast of Samoa, where it caught fire and sank, according to the preliminary findings of a military Court of ...