The minesweeper HMNZS South Seas sits in the middle of the Wellington shipping lane where it was ran over by the ferry Wahine.

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The HMNZS South Seas was built in 1913 by Goole Ship Building and Repairing Co Ltd. She was lost off Point Halswell, Wellington Harbour, on December 19th 1942, after a collision with the inter-island ferry Wahine.

NB: You do have to ring the sister-island ferry company to get approval for diving on this particular wreck as it is in the path of the ferries.

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HMNZS Wellington (F69)