That's the admiralty's job though, it's not supposed to be easy. They are supposed to be good at it. It's not as though it's impossible or pure luck, and the s

That's the admiralty's job though, it's not supposed to be easy. They are supposed to be good at it. It's not as though it's impossible or pure luck, and the stories coming out say there are warning signs there which have not been acted upon. This is OP's point. Of course you fire the captain if he grounds his ship or rams another ship. But if your fleet's captains keep running into things, the solution is not to simply keep firing them.