I had a recent experience where I attacked a convoy, hit a Medium European Composite Freighter but didn't sink it, evaded the escorts, and made an end-around to engage it again. The damaged freighter limped along on the route of the convoy at the best speed it could make, which resulted in it lagging about 8 nautical miles behind at the point where I overtook the convoy again. Now, I was using the NSM4 mod, which might have something to do with it, but that's how it worked there.
Once, back in SH3, I hit a ship and immobilized it. I waited with it for 4 hours in the hopes that it would sink and I'd get credit, but it never did. When I picked up another ship on hydrophones, I raced off to intercept that one, only to find that the first had vanished when I returned. I have no idea if it sank after I left without even leaving a grey icon to show for it, repaired enough to get back under way and head on to port, or just vanished from the map.
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