FFS

https://x.com/zaprows35623103/status/1842687114837713250

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168289)

“ New Zealand’s Defence Minister has all but resigned herself to losing a $100m Navy ship, which struck a reef, burned, then sank while the 75 on board made a daring escape in strong currents and waves off Samoa.

“This is a ship that, unfortunately, is pretty much gone,” Defence Minister Judith Collins told a press conference on Sunday, the night after HMNZS Manawanui commander Yvonne Gray issued an abandon ship order after the vessel hit a reef.

“This could have been a truly terrible day,” if there had been loss of life, Collins said. “But actually it is a bad day.”

The cause of the incident will go to a court of inquiry but Gray’s call is being credited by Chief of Navy, Rear Admiral Garin Golding, as a life-saving decision.

It is great that there was no loss of life. A ship can be replaced, people can’t. However unless this was a freak accident, the crash and sinking was probably preventable and there will be great interest in the court of inquiry.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168348)

didn’t even try to fight the fire smh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168505)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/commander-of-hmnzs-manawanui-credited-with-saving-lives-after-the-ship-ran-aground-on-samoan-reef-in-the-dead-of-night/RKXIFJS7OJHZVBLL6BOVRR7MEA/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168520)

but she never should have been in charge of a $100 million ship

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168587)

even in a shitlib crazy country that should be utterly impossible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168585)

https://autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607226&mc=1&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168570)

holding back the tears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwBOTRwDWbM

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168607)

and then when it sank 13 hours later she turns to the very frustrated admiral and says “wow, that was close”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168625)

[bcs beat me by seconds.]

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168624)

Calling what nz has a "navy" is an insult to the word

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168746)

Nine is more than I've got.

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by comparison, here is Mexico's Navy:

The Mexican Navy's stated mission is "to use the naval force of the federation for external defense, and to help with internal order".[2] As of 2020, the Navy consisted of about 68,200 men and women plus reserves,[3] over 189 ships, and about 130 aircraft.[4][5] The Navy attempts to maintain a constant modernization program to upgrade its response capability.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48168772)

Embarrassing for NZ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48169801)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5607197&forum_id=2...id#48169861)