The former HMNZS Wellington (F69), a Batch 3 Leander Class Frigate is sunk off the coast of Island Bay in Wellington, New Zealand to become a living reef for divers, Sunday, November 13, 2005.

Thousands of people lined every vantage point as the former HMNZS Wellington (F69), a Batch 3 Leander Class Frigate was sunk off the coast of Island Bay in Wellington, New Zealand to become a living reef for divers, Sunday, November 13, 2005.

The former HMNZS Wellington (F69), a Batch 3 Leander Class Frigate is sunk off the coast of Island Bay in Wellington, New Zealand to become a living reef for divers, Sunday, November 13, 2005.

The former HMNZS Wellington (F69), a Batch 3 Leander Class Frigate is sunk off the coast of Island Bay in Wellington, New Zealand to become a living reef for divers, Sunday, November 13, 2005.

The former HMNZS Wellington (F69), a Batch 3 Leander Class Frigate is sunk off the coast of Island Bay in Wellington, New Zealand to become a living reef for divers, Sunday, November 13, 2005.

Thousands of people lined every vantage point blocking the road as the former HMNZS Wellington (F69), a Batch 3 Leander Class Frigate was sunk off the coast of Island Bay in Wellington, New Zealand to become a living reef for divers, Sunday, November 13, 2005.