I mean it sounds like the WG had no earthly idea how to even locate Loki, he was a shadow in the mists, he never revealed himself or had a specific location, and as soon as he appeared a sunk ships, he vanished again
Furthermore there was also a “huge monster” attacking Government ships, it literally sounds like the WG had no idea what was going on in that area of the world lol, they had no intel at all
Who would they even send an Admiral against? “The mist?” Lol