lost with all hands

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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.

Translations

destroyed or sunk, while all passengers and crew died

• Afrikaans: met man en muis vergaan (literally “to sink with man and mouse”)
• Dutch: met man en muis vergaan
• Finnish: menetetty matkustajineen ja miehistöineen
• Polish: taki, który utonął ze wszystkimi na pokładzie
• Russian: затонул со всеми на борту (zatonul so vsemi na bortu)

See also

• all hands on deck