Story: Diving and snorkelling
On 13 November 2005, the former Royal New Zealand Navy frigate Wellington was sunk off Wellington’s south coast to become a diving attraction. Scuttled with low-impact explosive charges in front of thousands of onlookers along the coast, the vessel took just two minutes to sink to the sea floor.
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Photograph by Robert Schofield
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