That is where the crew sinks their own ship. It was done to prevent the ship from falling into enemy hands.
Sinking it deliberately to avoid it being of use to an enemy.
Sinking it deliberately to avoid it being of use to an enemy.
To scuttle a ship is to deliberately allow entry of water for the purpose of sinking it.
It means to open valves to let sea water fill the ship, then to leave the ship to sink. In wartime, often done rather than let the enemy have the ship.
You probably are thinking of the word "scuttling" here. To scuttle a ship is to open holes in the hull and let in the water. It means to sink your own ship on purpose.
The scuttle is a hatchway between decks of a ship - when you scuttle a ship you deliberately allow it to fill with water and sink by opening these hatches (or by making hatches yourself with an axe).
Scuttling is a verb which means moving quickly with short steps. It can be used in the following possible sentences:When the tide comes in, all the crabs start scuttling towards the rocks.The abandoned house is collapsing, and all the rats are scuttling away.It's started raining and you can see all the kids from the playground scuttling to get inside.
Scuttling of SMS Cormoran happened on 1917-04-07.
Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow happened on 1919-06-21.
Shuttling rhymes with sculttling.
The sinking of the Maine, in Havana Harbor, was thought (by many scholars now) to be due to scuttling of the ship (rather than an attack by the Spanish), in order that the US could "legally" declare war on Spain.
If you're talking about scuttling, all German subs had scuttling charges in them. Not that they always worked. Germany had a habit of sinking their own ships: Bismarck, Graf Spee, and their whole battleship fleet committed suicide at Scapa Flow in 1919.