Royal New Zealand Naval Association Inc.

Press release from Hon Phil Goff:

The Navy is getting set to invite public submissions on the disposal of the decommissioned frigate HMNZS Canterbury

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The Royal New Zealand Navy will being seeking proposals for disposal of the decommissioned frigate HMNZS Canterbury within the next few weeks, Defence Minister Phil said today.

"Based on experience from the previous disposal of warships, the Navy anticipates that responses will range from buying the ship for scrap metal to proposals for sinking it as a dive wreck," Mr Goff said.

"Each proposal will be assessed on its merits, and at this stage no options have been discounted.

"It is anticipated that most responses will come from New Zealand, although some interest from overseas is also likely," Mr Goff said.

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Looking on the Navy website tonight (27 Feb) there is nothing there about it. Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you find anything we can link to, so our readers know where to make the submission