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

Advanced permission is not needed for a burial at sea, but the EPA does need to be notified within 30 days of the service.

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