Sunk

"Captain, the breach is too large. There is simply no way to seal it. But if we close the watertight compartments, too much water will still flood in, causing the battleship to list," the damage-control officer reported to the captain of the battleship Jean Bart.

"What should we do, then?" The captain was equally at a loss.

"Captain, we can flood the port side. That way, we can barely keep the ship balanced. But if we suffer another attack, the battleship will probably have no choice but to sink," the officer reported.

"Then what are you standing around for? Hurry up and close the watertight compartments, then flood the port side!" the captain roared.

A great deal of seawater poured into the battleship Jean Bart, causing the hull to list. To keep the ship balanced, they had no choice but to flood the starboard side. But this caused more and more water to enter the ship, even exceeding its reserve buoyancy.

Only when the officers aboard the battleship Jean Bart discovered that the ship was continuously sinking did they realize this.

"Damn it! We can't flood it anymore! The ship is sinking! Use the pumps to get the seawater out immediately!" an officer roared.

But by then, command aboard the battleship Jean Bart had already fallen into chaos. Seeing that the ship was about to sink, everyone was thinking only of saving their own skins. No one carried out the orders. Especially after even the captain took the lead in abandoning the ship, it meant that this battleship was completely finished.

Very soon, the deck of the battleship Jean Bart sank beneath the surface. A few minutes later, this warship of more than twenty thousand tons slipped into the sea. It became the first battleship lost by the Combined Fleet