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OOC: I am planning to call a conference to propose some additions to the NYP. It was sparked by my research for ficus on the sinking of the unarmed SS Athenia.

wikipedia: As   Athenia  was an unarmed passenger ship, the attack was in violation of the   Hague conventions  and the   London Naval Treaty  of 1930 which allowed all warships including submarines to stop and search merchant vessels, but forbade capture as prize or sinking unless the ship was carrying contraband or engaged in military activity. Even if this was the case, and if it was decided to sink their ship, it was required that passengers and crew must be transferred to a "place of safety" as a priority. Although Germany was not a signatory to the 1930 treaty, the German 1936 Prize Rules ( Prisenordnung) binding their naval commanders copied most of its restrictions. Lemp of   U-30  did none of these things, choosing instead to fire without warning. 