lost with all hands

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lost with all hands (not comparable)

  1. (nautical, of a ship, boat, or other vessel) Destroyed or sunk, with all passengers and crew having died in the process.
    • 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 21:33 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918[1], archived from the original on 4 August 2022:
      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.

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