diff --git a/res/core/messages.xml b/res/core/messages.xml
index 754af8100..de3fad07b 100644
--- a/res/core/messages.xml
+++ b/res/core/messages.xml
@@ -2216,6 +2216,18 @@
       <arg name="unit" type="unit"/>
     </type>
   </message>
+  <message name="followdetect_ship" section="movement">
+    <type>
+      <arg name="follower" type="ship"/>
+      <arg name="ship" type="ship"/>
+    </type>
+  </message>
+  <message name="followfail_ship" section="movement">
+    <type>
+      <arg name="follower" type="ship"/>
+      <arg name="ship" type="ship"/>
+    </type>
+  </message>
   <message name="moveblocked" section="errors">
     <type>
       <arg name="unit" type="unit"/>
diff --git a/res/translations/messages.de.po b/res/translations/messages.de.po
index 537454fef..85522b480 100644
--- a/res/translations/messages.de.po
+++ b/res/translations/messages.de.po
@@ -2603,6 +2603,12 @@ msgstr "\"$unit($follower) konnte $unit($unit) nicht folgen.\""
 msgid "followdetect"
 msgstr "\"$unit($follower) ist $unit($unit) gefolgt.\""
 
+msgid "followfail_ship"
+msgstr "\"Die $ship($follower) konnte die $ship($ship) nicht einholen.\""
+
+msgid "followdetect_ship"
+msgstr "\"Die $ship($ship) wurde von $ship($follower) verfolgt.\""
+
 msgid "unitnotfound_id"
 msgstr "\"$unit($unit) in $region($region): '$order($command)' - Einheit $id wurde nicht gefunden.\""
 
diff --git a/res/translations/messages.en.po b/res/translations/messages.en.po
index 8da97fba2..f64f8a278 100644
--- a/res/translations/messages.en.po
+++ b/res/translations/messages.en.po
@@ -2597,6 +2597,12 @@ msgstr "\"$unit($mage) makes $unit($target) appear as $race($race,$unit.size($ta
 msgid "error248"
 msgstr "\"$unit($unit) in $region($region): '$order($command)' - The faction has to be 10 turns old.\""
 
+msgid "followfail_ship"
+msgstr "\"$ship($follower) could not catch up to $ship($ship).\""
+
+msgid "followdetect_ship"
+msgstr "\"$ship($follower) followed $ship($ship).\""
+
 msgid "followfail"
 msgstr "\"$unit($follower) could not follow $unit($unit).\""
 
diff --git a/src/move.c b/src/move.c
index bc2871366..5f4c42c3e 100644
--- a/src/move.c
+++ b/src/move.c
@@ -897,6 +897,29 @@ static bool present(region * r, unit * u)
     return (u && u->region == r);
 }
 
+static void caught_target_ship(region* r, unit* u)
+{
+    attrib* a = a_find(u->attribs, &at_follow);
+
+    /* Verfolgungen melden */
+    /* Misserfolgsmeldung, oder bei erfolgreichem Verfolgen unter
+     * Umstaenden eine Warnung. */
+
+    if (a) {
+        unit* target = (unit*)a->data.v;
+
+        if (target == u || !present(r, target)) {
+            ADDMSG(&u->faction->msgs, msg_message("followfail_ship",
+                "ship follower", target->ship, u->ship));
+        }
+        else if (!alliedunit(target, u->faction, HELP_ALL)
+            && cansee(target->faction, r, u, 0)) {
+            ADDMSG(&target->faction->msgs, msg_message("followdetect_ship",
+                "ship follower", target->ship, u->ship));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static void caught_target(region * r, unit * u)
 {
     attrib *a = a_find(u->attribs, &at_follow);
@@ -1971,7 +1994,7 @@ static void sail(unit * u, order * ord, bool drifting)
 
         /* Verfolgungen melden */
         if (fval(u, UFL_FOLLOWING)) {
-            caught_target(current_point, u);
+            caught_target_ship(current_point, u);
         }
 
         move_ship(sh, starting_point, current_point, route);