History Main / SinkingShipScenario

* ''Film/PearlHarbor'' has the USS ''Oklahoma'' capsizing, showing the fates of the sailors both above and below deck. On a lesser note is the USS ''Arizona'', shown exploding and immediately sinking after being hit by an armor-piercing bomb. The ''Oklahoma'''s scenes are equal parts nightmarish and heartbreaking, as they show what happens when you [[CruelAndUnusualDeath don't escape a sinking ship in time]].

%%* "Pokemon Shipwreck" in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''

* ''Film/PearlHarbor'' has the USS ''Oklahoma'' capsizing, showing the fates of the sailors both above and below deck. On a lesser note is the USS ''Arizona'', shown exploding and immediately sinking after being hit by an armor-piercing bomb.

* Adol Christin, the main character of the [[{{Franchise/Ys}} Ys franchise of action [=RPGs=]]], often begins games just after the boat he is aboard sinks.

* ''Film/{{Midway2019}}'' depicts the sinking of the battleship USS ''Arizona'' during the Pearl Harbor attack for the Americans. Later in the film, the destruction of the Japanese aircraft carriers ''Akagi'', ''Kaga'', ''Soryu'', and ''Hiryu'' are also shown, though only the last ship's sinking is depicted, with the rest KilledOffscreen.

** Captain "Dreadnought" Foster takes command of a supply ship with two small rail guns and attempts to do battle with a Spanish ''frigate''. He manages to deprive the Spanish of their supplies and he prevents them from taking the British supplies, but their schooner (with said supplied) is wrecked and most of the crew do not survive. Foster does survive and thinks he did the best thing he could.
** Spanish ship ''Almeria'' is chased by "Indy" inshore in a big storm. Hornblower persuades his prison guard Don Massaredo to give him his parole and lets him launch boats and try to save the crew.

---> '''Bracegirdle:''' They were loyal to me to the last. They managed to get ashore. And as those bastard frogs came at us. My men stood by me. And my men died for me. And in amongst their bodies, I was left for dead. I wish i were dead, Horatio. I lost my ship and all my men. And even if a court martial were to acquit me, I'd never get a command again.

** Captain "Dreadnought" Foster takes command of a supply ship with two small rail guns and attempts to do battle with a Spanish ''frigate''. He manages to deprive the Spannish of their supplies and he prevents them from taking the British supplies, but their schooner (with said supplied) is wrecked and most of the crew do not survive. Foster does survive and thinks he did the best thing he could.
** Spanish ship ''Almeria'' is chased by "Indy" inshore in a big storm. Horblower persuades his prison guard Don Massaredo to give him his parole and lets him launch boats and try to save the crew.

--> '''Bracegirdle:''' They were loyal to me to the last. They managed to get ashore. And as those bastard frogs came at us. My men stood by me. And my men died for me. And in amongst their bodies, I was left for dead. I wish i were dead, Horatio. I lost my ship and all my men. And even if a court martial were to acquit me, I'd never get a command again.

%%* "Inside the Spaceship" (a.k.a. "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E3TheEdgeOfDestruction The Edge of Destruction]]") in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

Subtrope of FightToSurvive. Can be used as a plot for a BottleEpisode, as it can be used to craft a tense episode without having to craft new sets. Often includes at least one LockedInARoom scenario when the power to the doors fails. May lead to a ColdEquation. While it often goes hand in hand with AbandonShip, [[IThoughtItMeant it usually has nothing to do with]] ShipSinking unless the shipwreck kills one of the lovers or otherwise separates them.

* The book ''Star Surgeon'' by James White, after SectorGeneral was hit by a missile that tore a hole in the hospital and destroyed the translation computer.

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* All [[Film/ANightToRemember adaptations]] of the ''UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic'' disaster feature this, but the [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} James Cameron version]] in particular.

* In ''Film/LifeOfPi'', a cargo ship sinks in a heavy storm at night with a few people desperately trying to get into the lifeboats. Ultimately, Pi becomes the SoleSurvivor and sets off in his lifeboat, accompanied by a monkey, a hyena, a zebra and a tiger.

* ''Film/PearlHarbor'' has the USS ''Oklahoma'' capsizing, showing the fates of the sailors both above and below deck. On a lesser note is the USS ''Arizona'', shown exploding and immediately sinking after being hit by an armor piercing bomb.

* Happens in ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'', though the ship has floodgates to control its sinking. [[spoiler: Of course, it only applies to the Nonary Game 9 years ago on the Gigantic. The one in which the game takes place is just a recreation of the ship, with simulated flooding.]]
%%* ''VisualNovel/{{Ever17}}''

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Subtrope of FightToSurvive. Can be used as a plot for a BottleEpisode, as it can be used to craft a tense episode without having to craft new sets. Often includes at least one LockedInARoom scenario when the power to the doors fails. May lead to a ColdEquation. While it often goes hand in hand with AbandonShip, [[IThoughtItMeant it usually has nothing to do with]] ShipSinking unless the shipwreck kills one of the lovers.

* [[Film/Titanic1953 All]] [[Film/ANightToRemember adaptations]] of the ''UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic'' disaster feature this, but the [[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} James Cameron version]] in particular.