The frigate Canterbury, once the pride of the navy, has ended its days in a watery grave at the bottom of the ocean in Northland's Deep Water Cove.
The 3000-tonnne frigate served the Royal New Zealand Navy for 34 years and was decommissioned two years ago.
The Canterbury has travelled more than 906,000 nautical miles - the equivalent of circumnavigating the earth 44 times - and has been a temporary home to close to 4,000 personnel during her career.
The Bay of Islands Charitable Trust has since stripped the Canterbury of all her toxic material and the warship will now take on another life as a dive attraction in the hope that it will tempt tourists to the north.
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