Ship Disappeared

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Originally Posted by Zosimus

Possibiltiies:

1. The ship was damaged and eventually went to 1 knot or slower and eventually crawled away in the rain and I never heard it.
2. The ship sunk but because I had saved after hitting it and before sinking it, I got no credit.
3. Something else?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

1: It is certainly possible the ship wandered off. In thick weather, you really need to stay within 500-700 meters of a cripple, because if you do lose her, your chances of reacquisition fall exponentially even if you can hear her. Someone here once explained the math, which I forget, but the message was "don't lose sight of that ship!

If you can't reacquire her after a couple of hours of game time, just move on.

2: Save-and-Exit in the presence of other ships can cause reload failures, but if you can successfully reload, which you did, the tactical board does not change.

3. You mention rain, but not storms. But if it was stormy, the AI could have killed her. Perhaps you brought her to the brink and a rogue wave came along... in which case the AI kills the ship.

In rough seas, I have seen small ships sink with no help from me.

One of the great things about this game is, just as in real life, stuff happens and you will never know why.