Reply #15: How you can tell navy's in the area-Side Scanning Sonar

[jmcgowanjm]

TE KAHA and ENDEAVOUR will make one final port visit
to Hobart this weekend before arriving at Devonport Naval
Base on Saturday December 4, 2004. 

29 October - NAVY SHIP SUCCESSFUL IN SEARCH FOR
‘iron maiden’ 
The navy dive tender HMNZS MANAWANUI has found the
wreck of the fishing vessel Iron Maiden this morning.  The
vessel was located in 30-60m of water in the vicinity of
Pandora Bank off the Northland Coast and was found
using MANAWANUI's towed side scan
sonar.

http://www.aumarire.co.nz/navy/frankspage.html
New Zealand - Mass Stranding of Pilot Whales

29th November

It is at Opoutere Beach, south of Pauanui in the Bay of
Plenty. Exactly halfway between Pauanui and Whangamata,
and If you're looking on the map, it's at the base of
the Coromandel Peninsular's east coast. The Coromandel P'
is east of Auckland on the map.


http://www.bdmlr.org.uk/newspages/november_2004.htm