If a ship surrendered then it would take down its ensigns (which was known as striking the colors).

Riose said my ship surrendered too easily and, brother, he wasn't kidding.

In any case, after several hours of stubborn but leaderless resistance, the ship surrendered.

After thirty minutes this ship surrendered, while the other attempted to escape.

Both British ships surrendered, and prize crews were put aboard.

Now your ship must surrender or you all will be killed.

The French ship quickly surrendered, thinking she was outgunned.

Individuals or small groups might be captured bodily, but no ship, no individual, even, ever, under any conditions, surrendered.

The continued shelling after the ship had surrendered was considered to be a war crime.

The last ship of the squadron, the Iphigenia, surrendered two days later.