• quinkin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well that’s where it originated from. Scuppers on ships were the deck drains that let water that came over the railings drain back out.

    A ship was deemed scuppered when it was so low in the water that water could now enter through the scuppers, which is a bit of a point of no return in sinking a ship. No bailing or pumping will help at that point.