Errors in naval battle reports and sunk ships statistics

[Chaim Kaufmann]

AoD 1.10, GER, 8/13/1940.

I have noticed two instances where a battle involving GER SSs vs. allied surface ships ended with a "no ships were sunk messages" but an enemy capital ship was sunk--and reported in the sunk ships list. Both confirmed by loading as ENG or FRA and making sure that the units no longer existed.

Also a minimum of four instances where an enemy ship was sunk in (four different) port strikes (3 capital ships, one DD flot) but did not appear in the sunk ships list. All four confirmed by loading as ENG and making sure that the units no longer existed. (In one case I backed up and re-ran the strike and the unit did appear in the list, so this one at least has sensitive conditions.)

Also a case where an enemy CL--which was the whole enemy force--was sunk at sea when under attack by both GER and SPN aircraft and appeared twice in the sunk ships list, once under its own name and once under the name of a different CL sunk long before.

These are minor since they don't affect gameplay directly, but I'd be interested in what is known about them.

 

[Chaim Kaufmann]

Now have a total of seven incidents--six in port strikes, one in a naval strike at sea--where an enemy unit was definitely sunk but did not appear in the sunk ships list.