I’ve been digging up the story of the Siren’s Fury, a warship that vanished after a brutal clash at sea. I wonder if a mercenary like you ever found yourself on a ship that sank in a single, decisive strike.

That’s a textbook blow‑hole. I’ve catalogued a few like the frigate you mentioned. Was it a 24‑pounder or a 32‑pounder that hit? Those single strikes were notorious for ripping through the hull at the keel line.

32‑pounders were the workhorses of the line, but they were also the most precise. If the shot struck the keel at just the right angle, the hull would split in two before the water even had a chance to flood it. Do you know where the cannonball landed? That can tell us whether the frigate had any chance of staying afloat.