Meanings
adjectivelost with all hands (not comparable)
- not comparableboat; or other vessel; boat; or other vesselnauticalDestroyed or sunk, with all passengers and crew having died in the process.
On the other hand, HMS Colossus takes multiple hits from several battleships at once, having drifted closer to the German fleet than the rest of her squadron. She explodes as multiple magazine detonations rip the ship apart, and is lost with all hands.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 21:33 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022
Translations
Afrikaans met man en muis vergaan
- met man en muis vergaandestroyed or sunk, while all passengers and crew died
Dutch met man en muis vergaan
- met man en muis vergaandestroyed or sunk, while all passengers and crew died
Finnish menetetty matkustajineen ja miehistöineen
- menetetty matkustajineen ja miehistöineendestroyed or sunk, while all passengers and crew died
Polish taki, który utonął ze wszystkimi na pokładzie
- taki, który utonął ze wszystkimi na pokładziedestroyed or sunk, while all passengers and crew died
Russian затонул со всеми на борту
- затонул со всеми на борту (zatonul so vsemi na bortu)destroyed or sunk, while all passengers and crew died
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APA
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Chicago
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