The captain goes down with the ship
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title:
The captain goes down with the ship
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"The captain goes down with the ship" is a maritime tradition that a sea captain holds the ultimate responsibility for both the ship and everyone embarked on it, and in an emergency they will devote their time to save those on board or die trying. Although often connected to the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912 and its captain, Edward Smith, the tradition precedes Titanic by several years. In most instances, captains forgo their own rapid departure of a ship in distress, and concentrate instead on
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encyclopedia
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Maritime tradition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_captain_goes_down_with_the_ship
date created:
2012-03-09T10:17:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T16:59:21Z
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