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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
That's exactly the way Commander's 'Ship Names' function works. If you sink a merchant and are given a name, that name won't show up again unless you manage to depopulate that entire type. Then it resets, because if it didn't you wouldn't get any more names.
The reason the major warships repopulate every time is because if, as you say, someone plays arcade style and sinks a battleship every week, there won't be any British battleships left by the start of 1941.
It is my understanding that SH5 is supposed to do just that. If you sink the Hood it will be replaced by a different ship for the Bismarck hunt.
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The SHC ships names/info I think is the coolest addition to the program in a long time. Always interesting to see the names, their cargo and lives lost (though on tankers carrying explosives or ammo ships I've always wondered why the fatality rate isn't at least 80% or more).
While it seems paradoxical its always been clear as to why you can sink the same ship multiple times in a patrol, due to them needing to be in specific task forces at certain dates. If you get lucky you get 2 shots at them. Though (in an older version of GWX) I did run into a massive task force in the med led by the Prince of Wales, with 2 King George V's trailing behind it (and too many escorts to even try and count).
Do you know if SH5 follows historical patterns in the same manner (or close to) GWX does with ships being in their proper locations and specific points in time? From my understanding with SH5 being somewhat dynamic (and keeping track of the warships you sink) might you be able to throw a massive monkey wrench into the works and sink the King George V when it travels to the US with Churchill aboard when he goes to speak with Roosevelt? Knowing beforehand when that travel takes place and lie in wait (likely for several days) in order to take out one very key person? While that wouldn't end the war, it would throw England into Chaos for awhile.