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minus-squareLordCrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down1·27 days agoIirc, its an unwritten law of sailors… You rescue anyone at sea, even the enemy if you can. Drowning is a horrible death.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·26 days agoYou at least do what you can to give them a fighting chance. A radio message would have at least let them abandon ship in a (semi) orderly manner. Hell, even a solar ping would have got them into life jackets. Normally, a sub wouldn’t risk this. They knew in advance, however, that the ship was not currently armed.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·26 days agoI’m pretty sure it’s actually a written rule.
Iirc, its an unwritten law of sailors… You rescue anyone at sea, even the enemy if you can. Drowning is a horrible death.
You at least do what you can to give them a fighting chance.
A radio message would have at least let them abandon ship in a (semi) orderly manner. Hell, even a solar ping would have got them into life jackets.
Normally, a sub wouldn’t risk this. They knew in advance, however, that the ship was not currently armed.
I’m pretty sure it’s actually a written rule.