It’s also not unheard of for a single vessel to have outsized effects on an entire war https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/enigma-code-u-boat-u559-hms

It’s also not unheard of for a single vessel to have outsized effects on an entire war https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/enigma-code-u-boat-u559-hms-petard-sebag-montefiori https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/20/enigma-code-u-... It could also be argued that the Romans capturing a single Carthaginian warship turned the tide for their entire empire.