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But what I really don't get, is the stupid behaviour of some captains sinking their own ships when things seemed not to favor them
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Thats alot more easily explained. Serveral raeasons,
if your sure you wont survive the outcome.
1.) You can say, "They didnt sink me, i scuttled the ship!". The bottom line is you deny them the credit for the sinking.
2.) It's better to scuttle the ship then have it fall inito enemy hands. So they can neither learn anything from it, nor use it against your country.
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Some days later, he gets all paranoid that maybe the entire royal navy is waiting for him outside the port so he gives out orders to sink his own ship and then kills himself.... what the hell?!?!?!
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Scharnhorst wasnt it? I dont remember. As i recall...
1.) He was intentionally lead to beleive he was blockaded in that port, and was facing odds much greater then they really were. Given what he "knew" he was sure the ship wouldnt survive.
2.) I think he later learned of his error, or rather, the british information deception, and was probably ashamed of himself.
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Why didn't he fight it out and dye in glory (with only a squeleton crew of volunteers on board). Why didn't he just simply whait out the war interred on that neutral port,
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My guess:
- Didnt want to give the british the satisfaction of having sunk him.
- Sensless loss of life (given what he was lead to beleive), why take your men to a slaighter? He was trying to save his crew from what he thought would be a hopeless battle.
- I read that the allies were putting diplomatic pressure on said neutral countries port to eject him.