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$100M Navy Ship With Lesbian Captain Runs Aground, Catches Fire, Sinks
Not the Bee ^ | October 6, 2024 | Edward Teach

Posted on 10/07/2024 9:02:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The country of New Zealand lost its first navy vessel since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui - a $100 million survey and dive vessel commissioned in 2018 - ran aground, burst into flames, and sank off the coast of Samoa.

The commanding officer was Commander Yvonne Gray, a Brit who moved to New Zealand in 2012 and joined the NZ Navy after taking a vacation to the country with her lesbian wife. She had previously served with the British Navy since 1993.

Reports say that after the ship crashed into the reef, it caught fire within 15 minutes and sank, which now sets up a potentially disastrous oil spill that could greatly harm the local reef and the fishing ecosystem there.

(Excerpt) Read more at notthebee.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globohomo; hmnzsmanawanui; homosexualagenda; manawanui; mensinkshipstoo; navy; newzealand; notthebee; samoa; yvonnegray
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To: MinorityRepublican

its not who you are is what you are that’s important to these idiots


41 posted on 10/08/2024 2:11:10 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: MinorityRepublican

The ChiComs are watching....


42 posted on 10/08/2024 2:11:33 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: QBFimi
Not sure what you mean here. The NDSM is awarded to everyone on active duty during wartime. Medals like the Kuwait Liberation Medal, the Southwest Asia Service Medal (Desert Storm/Shield), Vietnam Campaign and Service Medals, and Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign Medals are all awarded for wartime action and are worn below the NDSM, which itself is a service medal.

Every award that Franchetti wears is either a service or commendation award - no combat.
43 posted on 10/08/2024 2:20:08 AM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: cpdiii
Her sexual preference is of no importance if she is a competent captain. If her sexual preference made her captain without competence is of great importance.

Forget her sexual preference. The problem is her sex.

I'd rather a gay man than a straight woman in charge of a Navy vessel.

44 posted on 10/08/2024 2:45:10 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: cpdiii

“Her sexual preference is of no importance…”

Perverts minds are disordered. They don’t belong in positions of responsibility.


45 posted on 10/08/2024 2:46:42 AM PDT by TalBlack (Fight Fight Fight America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOJdMog6T0)
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To: Waverunner

I agree. Why wouldn’t they mention eye color too.


46 posted on 10/08/2024 2:47:42 AM PDT by brooklin
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To: griffin

Oh man...

Hitting on a dike and then going down...

Nice one.


47 posted on 10/08/2024 3:20:36 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: QBFimi

“... us Vietnam era guys always look for that red-yellow-red National Defense ribbon. Everything below it is BS.”

With one exception: All foreign awards are positioned at the bottom of the “rack”. So even a fairly prestigious foreign medal would still go below the NatDef ribbon. Other than that, yes.


48 posted on 10/08/2024 3:26:03 AM PDT by Little Pig
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To: A strike
Yeah, we've got stinking libertarians all over this place. Liberty in open borders. Liberty in vending machine dope. Liberty in sexual perversion.

They ought not be allowed on FR.

49 posted on 10/08/2024 3:41:55 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: cpdiii

Incompetent subordinate officers is ABSOLUTLY the Captain’s responsibility, it does not excuse the Captain.

The Captain should know the crews ability and oversee operations accordingly.

Sorry no matter how you slice it this one is on the Captain and lack of leadership.


50 posted on 10/08/2024 3:47:58 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: MinorityRepublican

https://babylonbee.com/news/lesbian-captain-crashes-after-insisting-ships-dont-have-to-go-into-ports


51 posted on 10/08/2024 4:13:01 AM PDT by DFG
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To: MinorityRepublican

“$100M Navy Ship With Lesbian Captain Runs Aground, Catches Fire, Sinks”

Stylish.


52 posted on 10/08/2024 4:26:55 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the convicted felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: cpdiii

Her “sexual preference” is delusional and depraved. Delusional and depraved might get lucky but is never competent.


53 posted on 10/08/2024 4:37:12 AM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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To: No name given

DEI doing its’ best job to destroy everything it touches.
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Perhaps the same thing will happen in the white hut..

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4269397/posts


54 posted on 10/08/2024 4:54:14 AM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Insanity! Just wait till the big war comes.


55 posted on 10/08/2024 5:02:47 AM PDT by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“I bet they give her another dam ship.”

But the next one will have more carpets.


56 posted on 10/08/2024 5:05:49 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Why did Obama pick Biden who was known as the biggest moron in Congress?No one was going to impeach Obama because we'll end up getting stuck with Biden!
57 posted on 10/08/2024 5:23:56 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

>>a $100 million survey and dive vessel commissioned in 2018 - ran aground, burst into flames, and sank off the coast of Samoa.

That’s a hell of a price to pay for being ‘stylish’


58 posted on 10/08/2024 5:29:33 AM PDT by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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To: Billthedrill

Some 20 plus years ago NZ got rid of all their fighter jets. Sad little country that relies on its location as it’s defense.


59 posted on 10/08/2024 5:31:16 AM PDT by Trinity5
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To: CapandBall

I’ll bet his LinkedIn page sucked.


60 posted on 10/08/2024 5:31:39 AM PDT by .cnI redruM (Ukraine, Russia, Iran, and Israel all pretty much deserve one another.)
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