[henkster]

We saw the same courage with HMS Rawalpindi late last year. Royal Navy skippers were expected to fight their ships against any and all odds, and come the worst, to go down with them. We will see this repeated late this year and early next against Japan. It’s the old tradition carried over from the days of “wooden ships and iron men.”

[CougarGA7]

In the account that I found on this incident it states that the Ardent was listing severely, but still firing. Basically, the ship kept attacking right up to the point that it capsized. If that's not tenacity then I don't know what it.