burial at sea

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The salvage, however, included the bodies of six Soviet sailors, who were given a formal military burial at sea.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Mikles, the Texas State University professor, said most of the world’s religions allow burial at sea, “but usually only in extreme situations where there is no other choice for what to do with the body.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2022

Once that rubble had been given a funeral-like burial at sea, the decision was made to rebuild the famous tower com’era, dov’era: as it was, where it was.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

But how unusual is a burial at sea?

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2016

In the town of Ravenel, ten thousand dreams hovered over the town each night and ten thousand died each morning, their washed-out corpses borne away for burial at sea by the first breeze.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy