In a hopeless position, Ferris was forced to surrender his ship.
If a captain was to surrender his ship he would be prosecuted by the British.
He had to surrender his ship to three Spanish privateers, in 1807.
She would not surrender her ship until all courses of action had been tried.
I call upon you to surrender your ship and your prisoners within the next seven hours.
That's what's going to happen to you unless you surrender your ship.
Now surrender your ship before any more of our people die for nothing!
If you do not surrender your ship at the end of that time, your destruction is certain.
At the end of the war, he refused to surrender his ship to the United States.
I will not surrender my ship under any circumstances.