To purposely sink a ship is to 'scuttle' the ship.
Captain Arthur Phillip's ship did not sink.
to sink a ship is 'couler un bateau' in French.
A Slip of the Lip - Can Sink a Ship - was created in 1943.
The Lusitania was a cruise ship full of Americans that was accidentally sunk by the Germans in WW1, and was the main cause of American involvement in WW1. When Germany helped to keep the U.S. out of the war by eventually promising not to sink any more passenger ships, but then Germany violated that by sinking unarmed French passenger ship Sussex. Then again Germany declared and promised not to sink unarmed ships, the promise was called Sussex Pledge.
the future tense would still be sink: that ship will sink the present tense could be one of the two: sink: sink that ship! sinking: it is sinking and finally the past would be sank: i saw the ship, it sank not two days ago. hope it helps!!
They said they would use the U-boats to sink any ship that entered or left British ports.
The ship unequivocally sinks.
The prow; the front of the ship.
To show dignity. They don't have to sink with their ship, but it shows integrity and pride. The captain is in charge of sailing the ship and keeping everybody on it safe.
The Titanic was claimed to be the ship that cannot sink. However looking back at history we can see this was a fatal mistake.
ships do not sink because gravity pushes it up