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Originally Posted by Gargamel
Actually, historically, warships were unders to not rescue survivors if there was a chance the threat was still there. There were a couple occasions when survivors who could have been easily saved that died because a warship did not stop to help, or they had to stop the rescue. I believe this happened during the Bismark sinking, along with other instances.
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I watched the interview of a RN officer from one of the cruisers, which was doing rescue work.
They got orders to vacate the area due to a percieved uboat threat.
They had to vacate with hundreds of survivors in the water.
The man was anything but heartless, as he couldn't finish the story without coming to tears.
Tough times for all.