burial at sea

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burial at sea

The burial of a deceased in marine waters, either by weighting the shrouded body and dropping it in the water, or after cremation, with the ashes being scattered over the water. Burial at sea has a long tradition with the British, Canadian and the US navies, with pomp and circumstance that includes stopping the ship, firing party, crew at parade rest, casket bearers, a bugler and a flag draped over the coffin until it is dropped into the sea. Some religions (e.g., Judaism) are strictly opposed to the practice.
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Dear royal, glorious little dog, buried at sea off the east coast of Australia!
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Siegers the father, the old gentleman who retired from business on a fortune and got buried at sea going home, HE had to interview Falk in his private office.
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She was buried at sea, and that's pretty typical of what a burial at sea would have looked like on such a ship in 1840.
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A BRITISH woman killed in a round-the-world yacht race will be buried at sea, it was revealed last night.
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