Originally Posted by
nomorecatering
Dumb Question: How does a ship surrender? A white flag up the mast? Is there a 'we surrender" flag?
I don't know but in WW1 the U-boat would approach the ship..indicate it intended to sink it and invite the crew to abandon it. Once that happened the ship would be sunk by gunfire. Not really practical these days but the sub could have informed the Sri Lankan authorities of the sinking without any risk to itself. Might have saved a few lives.