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Originally Posted by _Richard_
yea that was where I was confused because both captains gave the same reasons: 'i am coordinating the evacuation from here' lol
incredible
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I have read several accounts of captains going down with the ship only to be blown to the surface by air escaping the from the sinking ship.
if you read the survivor accounts of the HMS hood, the captain opens the door to the wheel house and says 'after you', one guy steps out and then the ship immediately sinks
This explosion broke the back of Hood, and the last sight of the ship, which sank in only three minutes, was her bow, nearly vertical in the water.[68] A note on a survivor's sketch in the British RN Historical Branch Archives gives 63°20′N 31°50′W as the position of the sinking. Hood sank stern first with 1418 men aboard.
Only three survived: Ordinary Signalman Ted Briggs (1923–2008), Able Seaman Robert Tilburn (1921–1995), and Midshipman William John Dundas (1923–1965).[70] The three were rescued about two hours after the sinking by the destroyer Electra, which spotted substantial debris but no bodies.[71]