Internet trolls have cruelly targeted New Zealand Navy Captain Yvonne Gray after a $100 million ship sank under her command.

New Zealand's navy has insisted that a female captain's gender was not to blame for the sinking of a naval ship.

New Zealand's defence minister has hit out at armchair admirals who have criticised the female captain of one of the country's naval ships that sank last week.

Judith Collins said a "deeply concerning, misogynistic narrative" had been directed at Commander Gray and told one of her ...