Stranded!
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Guest
Re: Stranded!
No, it refers to being grounded.
There's a variety of ways that a grounded ship can sink. For an example, wave action or tidal movements freeing a vessel that was grounded and seriously damaged. This happened to the Lawrencecliffe Hall in the St. Lawrence for instance. Her crew successfully beached her after the collision. But the rising tide refloated her, she floated away, and sank in deeper water.
Another good example is the loss of Canadian Pacific's SS Princess Sophia when she grounded off Alaska in 1918. She grounded on rocks to such a degree that she was fully above water at low tide. Yet it was decided that to attempt rescue in her position on a rocky reef during a storm was more dangerous than waiting it out for calm conditions. But the storm managed to partially refloat her, dragged her across rocks which ripped out her bottom, and she sank with all hands.
There's a variety of ways that a grounded ship can sink. For an example, wave action or tidal movements freeing a vessel that was grounded and seriously damaged. This happened to the Lawrencecliffe Hall in the St. Lawrence for instance. Her crew successfully beached her after the collision. But the rising tide refloated her, she floated away, and sank in deeper water.
Another good example is the loss of Canadian Pacific's SS Princess Sophia when she grounded off Alaska in 1918. She grounded on rocks to such a degree that she was fully above water at low tide. Yet it was decided that to attempt rescue in her position on a rocky reef during a storm was more dangerous than waiting it out for calm conditions. But the storm managed to partially refloat her, dragged her across rocks which ripped out her bottom, and she sank with all hands.
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Custom500
Stranded!
What exactly is meant by the term 'stranded'? I always assumed it referred to being aground, stuck, can't move. But more than once I've read in 'today in history' about ships that stranded, then sank. So it must mean something else. Can somebody clarify what is meant by 'stranded'.