他个人已收到莱曼司令要求凿沉轮船的命令。He personally had received orders from Commander Lehmann to scuttle the ship.德国的船只大部分躲避在中立国的港口内,或者在中途被阻截时, 自行凿沉.The German ships mostly took refuge in neutral ports or, when itercepted, scuttled thems...

“凿沉”的英语可以翻译为：scuttle ...