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Water damage suffered onboard Navy ship

Wednesday 5 March 2008, 5:38PM

By New Zealand Defence Force

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AUCKLAND

The Navy’s Seamanship and Navigational Training Vessel, HMNZS KAHU, suffered water damage in an incident at the Devonport Naval Base this morning.

At approximately 0725 an alarm was triggered onboard the ship which was berthed on the Stanley Bay side of the Devonport Naval Base. Naval duty personnel were immediately dispatched to the ship and found that flooding had occurred in a number of compartments.

The source of the leak has been narrowed down to a valve in the generator room.

Ship and engineering personnel are now onboard KAHU assessing the damage.

No contaminants or fuel have leaked from the ship.

A full investigation into the cause of the flooding has commenced. HMNZS KAHU will be brought out of the water tomorrow to allow a full assessment of the ship.