Ship prangings in the 12th year of the century

[Spacecadet]

I think ships crash, sink, burn most years

[Mich the Tester]

The Spanish ship Lomelina, which sank off France in 1512.

[Mich the Tester]

I think ships crash, sink, burn most years

You mean you don't believe there's something fishy going on?

[Arturo Bassick]

I think ships crash, sink, burn most years

Never let the truth get in the way of a good conspiracy theory.

[Mich the Tester]

I think ships crash, sink, burn most years

He's right; people, for your own safety, AVOID SHIPS! Most years, they crash, sink or burn!

[Arturo Bassick]

He's right; people, for your own safety, AVOID SHIPS! Most years, they crash, sink or burn!

I expect the sinking counteracts the burning though.

[Mich the Tester]

I expect the sinking counteracts the burning though.

But the oil might float on the surface and burn long after the ship has sunk and you are still trying to get away in a little (flammable) rubber boat.

Theoretically, if your boat happens to sink above an undersea volcano or fault, it might yet burn as it hits the molten rocks.