What happened to captured sailors in the First World War

What happened to sailors captured during the First World War?

They were usually interned in camps, often far from the war zone, and some made determined escape attempts.

Captured sailors on both sides were sent to prisoner-of-war camps and generally fed and treated according to the standards of the period. Britain often placed German prisoners in Canada, where distance made a successful return to Europe especially difficult. Other German sailors were interned in Chile and elsewhere in South America. The reference to Felix von Luckner also shows that escape attempts remained part of the captivity story even when treatment was comparatively orderly.