RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted 7 hours ago RMweb Premium Share Posted 7 hours ago 19 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: It seems like the spirit of Leslie Philips is alive and well, and serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced0wlqnvlno The Al Beeb article bigs-up the "heroic rescue" side of the story, but offers no insight at all into why a survey ship, equipped with all kinds of depth sounding and ocean imaging technology, would run aground on a reef it was surveying. Unless they were using a plumb line? 11% of their ships lost in one go. Embarrassing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago I apologise for suggesting it was clownish incompetence, later news suggests it was power failure of some kind. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/08/hmnzs-manawanui-sinking-royal-us-navy-ship-reef-samoa/ Having been on board a vessel that had engine failure in front of an approaching passenger ferry, I know it's no joking matter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnofwessex Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, KeithMacdonald said: I apologise for suggesting it was clownish incompetence, later news suggests it was power failure of some kind. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/08/hmnzs-manawanui-sinking-royal-us-navy-ship-reef-samoa/ Having been on board a vessel that had engine failure in front of an approaching passenger ferry, I know it's no joking matter. This linked article is also interesting https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/06/royal-navy-new-zealand-warships-weapons-defence/ I gather that the Irish Naval Service also has recruitment issues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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