Talk:World 1/@comment-42.127.107.185-20140319053359/@comment-24155103-20140319145720

Under exceptional circumstances (Read: BUG situation), a ship may sink without meeting standard sinking criteria.

Normally though, ships can only sink when they begin a new battle after having been heavily damaged by a prior one. Thus, losing a ship is always an admiral's fault due to continuing a sortie despite taking heavy damage.