William Brown's shipwreck in 1841: just male passengers thrown overboard from a sinking lifeboat

ArbainHestia · 2013-10-17T11:58:28+00:00

Interestingly enough I looked it up and the “women and children first” has never actually been a maritime law but more of a code of conduct. The most famous incident of this was during the sinking of the HMS Titanic and a more occurrences of women being rescued first is this incident.

2013-10-17T11:22:51+00:00

What would happen if this took place today? Hmm ...

All male passengers were sacrificed but not a single woman. The crewmember who gave the orders was fined and served a short prison sentence for manslaughter. But apparently nobody questioned the decision not to sacrifice women, just the fact that all crewmen survived.

amethystwyvern · 2013-10-17T15:58:13+00:00

Did anyone actually read the article? It clearly states that one man was thrown overboard "followed by his two screaming sisters"

Title	William Brown's shipwreck in 1841: just male passengers thrown overboard from a sinking lifeboat
Author	Tomppeli
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Date	October 17, 2013 11:15 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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