The preliminary investigation into the grounding and subsequent sinking of HMNZS Manawanui concludes human error was main cause. Crew failed to disengage the autopilot and neglected proper manual control checks.

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Ex-HMS Valiant is being moved into No. 5 basin at Devonport today. Maybe sign that work on the first SSN to be dismantled at Devonport is about to begin. HMS Somerset alongside beyond.

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USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2) bound for Hampton Roads, after leaving the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, with Eugene B. Ely’s Curtiss pusher airplane on board, 14 November 1910.

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Following an exercision into Irish Sea last week, Portuguese OPV NRP Sines monitored the Russian seabed spy ship Yantar transiting south off the Portuguese coast. Yantar now passed through Gibraltar Strait into Mediterranean.

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