Beowulf Tyr

This happened twice now but last time cost my Brig and Crew, which  I spent much time building and leveling.  Playing single player, FYI. My Brig was being chased by a Fire Elemental. First time encountering this creature. I didn't know they travelled over water or I wouldn't have fired on it. So the chase was on, but we were holding our own, I had aft cannons blasting away at it while hoping the wind picked up cause we couldn't seem to out run it. For a moment I thought we were going to win as the  Elemental''s health was in the red and our ship hadn't even sprung a leak. Then disaster struck...would you believe it? A bloody Mermaid shows up and I am dragged off my ship and tossed into the sea. The Elemental kills me of couse, then the bug part. The game seems to struggle and then when it finally comes back and I can choose to respawn on my ship is way far from where it was. When I do respawn I'm at one of my camps. The action list says "ship removed"and "bed removed". It didn't say ship destroyed, I know what that looks like. I've died in the water before and have gone back to the bed on the ship, no issue. I don't believe my ship was that close to death that I couldn't have respawned back on it, like I said the ship wasn't even leaking and I had leveled her up.

This is a significant bug for us that take the time to build a ship and trick it out. 

Ever play Elite Dangerous? Great game but lots of "flying." Sailing and having encounters on the sea is part of the fun. "It's the journey, not the destination...yada yada." As the game develops there might be more to do while sailing. .