A former Royal Navy officer will face a court martial after the New Zealand ship she was commanding struck a reef and sank when the crew failed to turn off the autopilot.
Commander Yvonne Gray, a former Royal Navy warfare officer aboard frigates and minehunters, was in charge of the New Zealand navy’s 5,740-ton dive and hydrographic vessel, HMNZS Manawanui, when it hit a reef and sank near the southern coast of Upolu in Samoa in October 2024.
