Some ships returned to Russia or were interned in neutral ports.
Alabama had anchored there the previous morning and was enjoying sanctuary in the neutral port.
By international law the packet should have been taken to a neutral port.
This was not a simple method, as he had no valid reason to travel to the neutral port.
However, most ships were able to reach neutral ports.
She was not seaworthy and could make only the neutral port of Montevideo.
On the other hand, it was against international law to attack the Russians while they were anchored in a neutral port.
Under international law, combatant ships were permitted only 24 hours in a neutral port.
It is like attacking a ship in a neutral port.
They want a neutral port the way things are going, and Pell's it.