New Zealand Navy ship, with 75 crew and passengers on board, sinks off Samoa | VIDEO

A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa on Sunday. However, the 75 passengers and crew on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday. Manawanui, the navy's specialist dive and hydrographic vessel, ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu on Saturday night as it was conducting a reef survey, Commodore Shane Arndell, the maritime component commander of the New Zealand Defence Force, said in a statement.

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