On 22 February 2011, "Resolution" was underway off Christchurch when the 2011 Canterbury earthquake occurred. NZ Navy Today said later : '..the feeling onboard was that the engines had been set in full astern with associated shuddering and shaking. It was only when a dust cloud over Christchurch was observed and chatter on VHF soon alerted the bridge team of the enormity of the disaster. With Captain Dean McDougall (CTU 654.0.1, Captain Fleet Operational Support) in an established headquarters on HMNZS Canterbury in Lyttelton, "Resolution" reported for duty and was subsequently called in to conduct a hydrographic confidence survey of the main channel into the Port of Lyttelton. "Resolution" was decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 27 April 2012. She was subsequently sold to EGS Group, a private surveying company, and renamed RV "Geo Resolution". Following the sale she left Devonport Naval Base for the final time on 11 October 2014.