Sylvia Else wrote:
On 22/12/2015 11:04 AM, M. Stradbury wrote:
Is it true (or an urban myth) that a swimmer would be sucked
under (presumably to drown) when a capital ship sinks?
Mythbusters tried it, and concluded that there was no significant
sucking sown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvU_dkKdZ0U
Sylvia.
So when ship is abandoned, crews jump off the ship, they hang around the
sinking ship, right? They always swim away from the ship as much as
they can. Ask any sailors.