HMNZS Wellington (F69)

HMNZS Wellington (F69)

HMNZS "Wellington" was a retired Leander class frigate of the Royal Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally commissioned in 1969 for the Royal Navy as HMS "Bacchante", she joined the RNZN in 1982. Extensive refits were required to remove asbestos resulting in the ship re-entering active service only in 1987. She was decommissioned in 1999, and sunk in 2005.

inking

HMNZS Wellington was deliberately sunk off the south coast of Wellington, New Zealand, at Island Bay. She is now a wreck visitable by divers for about 100 years while slowly rusting away.

Although the ship was due to be sunk at 3pm, 12 November 2005, this was delayed for 24 hours due to less than optimal weather conditions needed for the operation.

The next day, the sinking was delayed by another 30 minutes due to the entanglement of a detonation cable under the frigate. At 3:30pm, 13 November 2005 in front of a crowd of thousands the ship was scuttled and took a mere minute and 55 seconds to sink. During a storm in February 2006 the ship broke up further and is now lying in two sections on the seabed close to where it was sunk.

The depth of her keel is approximately 21 metres.

ee also

* Frigates of the Royal New Zealand Navy

External links

* [http://www.divewreck.co.nz/Home.php Sink F69!] (Dive the Trail - Wellington, Waikato, Canterbury)


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