Are Captains supposed to go down with the ship?
Are Captains supposed to go down with the ship? Social and legal responsibility. The tradition says that the captain should be the last person to leave their ship alive before its sinking, and if they're unable to evacuate the crew and passengers from the ship, the captain will choose not to save himself even if he has an opportunity to do so.
Who should you save first on a sinking ship?
The sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago, where three times more women survived than men, popularized this unwritten law of the sea, because the captain ordered that women and children went into the lifeboats first.
Will a sinking ship pull you?
However, even with a ship the size of Titanic, the suction created will be so minimal that the only way it would affect you is if you were clinging to her as she sank, allowed her to pull you under for a while, and THEN started swimming for the surface. Cameron's film was accurate on this regard.