Eunice D. Wonnacott wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 21 Feb 1997 08:36:10 -0700 Jerry J Bromenshenk
> ><[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >
> >>Wonder what it means when the Captain of a ship that sunk takes up
> >>beekeeping?  Obviously, he didn't go down with the ship.
> >
> >It means that the "The Captain is the last to leave the ship" is a crock!
> >
> >Al
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> >Al Needham--Scituate,MA,[log in to unmask]
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> >
> The Captain does not have to go down with the ship.  The last to go down
> simply means that he ensures all others are safely in lifeboats, rafts, or
> picked up, etc.  He is responsible for the lives of his crew, and must not
> abandon any of them.  When all are acoounted for, he can then leave.
> Nowhere is it written that the Captain must drown if the ship sinks!!!>
>
> Eunice
 
 
 
Hi All -
 
        I'd head in the US Navy the reason the Captain goes down with
his ship is he can't pay for it.  <grin>
 
Bob