Ran
Sank
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On his first voyage, the Santa Maria ran aground and sank off Hispaniola.
Source: Captain Crash -
Among other things, he routinely abused and locked the mutineers in a cage on the Pandora's deck, and only opened the cage when the Pandora ran aground and sank, and even then, two were still manacled and went down with the ship.
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When the ship ran into a dangerous reef, the Captain ordered that women and children would go in the lifeboats first and, realizing that adding any extra weight to the boats would swamp and sink them, it was then ordered that all the men were to stand at attention as the ship sank.
Source: Going Down with the Ship
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