HMAS Dechaineux (SSG 76)
HMAS ''Dechaineux'' (SSG 76) is the fourth of six Collins-class submarine, ''Collins'' class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named for Captain Emile Dechaineux, the boat was laid down in 1993 and launched in 1998. ''Dechaineux'' and sister boat ''Sheean'' were modified during construction as part of the Collins-class submarine#McIntosh-Prescott Report and Fast Track program, "fast track" program—an attempt to fix the problems affecting the ''Collins'' class, and put at least two fully operational submarines in service before the last Oberon-class submarine, ''Oberon''-class submarine was decommissioned. In 2003, a seawater pipe burst while ''Dechaineux'' was submerged deep, nearly resulting in the loss of the submarine. Design and construction The ''Collins'' class is an enlarged version of the Västergötland-class submarine, ''Västergötland''-class submarine designed by Kockums.Woolner, ''Procuring Change'', p. 7 At in length, with a beam of and a ...
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Auckland Harbour
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While European New Zealanders, Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is also home to the biggest ethnic Polynesian population in the world. The Māori-language name for Auckland is ', meaning "Tāmaki desir ...
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