New Zealand Pays $3.5M to Samoa After Lesbian Captain Crashes Navy Ship Into a Reef, Sinks It and Causes Disastrous Oil Spill
Hiring DEI captains has a steep price.
The wreck of the HMNZS Manawanui became the day’s controversy about a year ago.
One of only nine New Zealand Navy Vessels, it sank off the coast of Samoa after hitting a reef.
The female lesbian captain of the ship, Yvonne Gray, was mercilessly trolled online for having lost the ship, prompting the defense minister of the country – also a woman, Judith Collins – to come out to the public with a strong statement.
Taking a page from the feminist book, she was focused on bashing ‘vile and misogynistic online remarks’ by ‘armchair admirals’.
However, the government inquiry showed that Gray’s crew ‘had mistakenly left the vessel on autopilot’ during the failed maneuver that led to the sinking of the boat.
Not a great look.
Today, it arises that New Zealand’s government has paid Samoa 10m Samoan Tala ($3,5m) after the crash into a reef in Samoan waters led to a fire and sinking of the Manawanui last year.