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minus-squareLordCrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·2 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-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoI’m pretty sure it’s actually a written rule.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 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.
Iirc, its an unwritten law of sailors… You rescue anyone at sea, even the enemy if you can. Drowning is a horrible death.
I’m pretty sure it’s actually a written rule.
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.