Suggestion: Sell for Reputation After Use

[Yaramir]

I would imagine this has been suggested before, but I cannot find a post about it.

If you can sell a trophy ship for reputation, then it would be great to be able to sell a used ship for reputation as well, albeit (perhaps) fewer reputation points. I would imagine that the admiralty would still appreciate receiving a ship for free, even if you had used it.  A captured ship is a used ship anyway.  So, with any ship, you could have the option to sell for money or "donate" for reputation.  I would even say that donating weapons for reputation instead of money would be a nice option, too, if you have plenty of money but lack the reputation to research something important or acquire a ship. 

Perhaps I am missing a historic context that is a counterpoint to my suggestion, but otherwise that would be nice.