Depends on why the ship sank and under what circumstances. The simple answer to the question is ALMOST always the responsibility falls on the Master (Capt., Skipper)of the vessel.
Captian
The Captain.
Captain
captain
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One thing I know is that if it hits an ice berg and sinks it won't be getting there any time soon
Ultraoversimplifying it, the coin is solid metal all the way through and weighs more than its volume of water, the ship has a large space filled with air inside it resulting in the weight of the ship and cargo being less than the weight of the volume of water it occupies.This is called buoyancy: the coin has negative buoyancy and sinks, the ship has positive buoyancy and floats.
a ship sinker
the cargo hold
a cargo hold
The number of stops a cargo ship will make depends on how much cargo the ship has and how many places it has to deliver cargo.
Container ship.