If you ground your boat in the Bay of Fundy during low tide, when the tide comes back in, it is still possible for you to sail off because your boat can float. However, if at low tide, I come along and blow your stern off your boat cant float and when the tide comes in, water covers the boat. IE: I sunk it!
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Originally Posted by Drebbel
Blowing stern of on purpose in this case is scutling mate. You better get your terminology right ! :p
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This is from:
WORLD WAR II NAVAL GLOSSARY and TERMINOLOGY
http://www.valoratsea.com/glossary.htm#S
Scuttle - The act of deliberately SINKING a vessel.
This is Webster's Dictionary:
Scuttle - 1. to cut a hole in a ship's hull in order to SINK.
I am sorry. Who has their terminology wrong?
BTW. I know exactly what I saw on the website a few days ago.
O 19 sunk/scuttled