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[Ethelred Unread]

I've had that one - for some reason galleys seem able to do it especially well against ships of the line.

The only way to stop them going under as mentioned before is dropping anchors asap. Of course, I don't usually notice it until too late then it's for my jolly jack tars.

[hoom]

It depends a lot on the extent of the damage I think.

I've had a ship giving nearly constant blips of the taking on water icon for quite a while & she was able to still play a major part in the battle without sinking.

Definitely making tight turns & using full sail seems to be a sure-fire way to have a holed ship sink though.