Grey Sunk Icon

[Zosimus]

I'm familiar with the red sunk ship icon, which is a good thing. I'm also familiar with the green sunk ship icon, which normally means you've sunk a neutral. What am I to understand by a grey sunk icon?

I broadsided a ship, noted the time of impact, and turned to its heading to prepare to follow it for a few hours to see whether it was going to sink. Surprisingly it sank quite quickly, but left a grey icon.

[pabbi]

Probably means it was sunk by weather or planes or surface ships.

[Admiral Halsey]

The Grey icon means the ship sank from something that wasn't you. Whether it be weather, running aground or even an enemy vessel.

[HW3]

It also can mean a ship that sunk that wasn't visibly witnessed by you.

[desirableroasted]

And sometimes they just sink beneath the surface without any mark whatsoever.

I smacked an ore carrier the other and she went down... but no credit or map mark. Granted, I was 7000 off at the time dealing with someone else, but I was keeping an eye on her.

It's happened a more than a few times over the years, but I just write it off to stupid, careless KM bureaucrats.