1. We are the most important cargo on that vessel, not the cars and other cargo.

2. Chinese media quoted the captain as saying the vessel sank within minutes as many aboard slept.

3. By then, the vessel had listed so far that many of the people most likely were unable to escape.

4. He eventually forced the captain of the British vessel to surrender.

5. The group acknowledges that raising the vessel will be particularly costly.

6. An Australian navy vessel also began to conduct a search, and more ships were on the way.

7. The vessel was caught in a fierce storm and sank.

8. Two merchant ships and an Australian navy vessel also are in the search area.

9. I hammered the side of the vessel hoping someone would hear me.

10. We found a fishing vessel that was barely above water.

11. No vessel belonging to the victims has been located, he said.

12. Passengers reportedly heard a loud sound before the vessel started taking on water.

13. Commercial salvage crews located a second vessel believed to have been involved in the crash.

14. The vessel returned to port on Thursday morning.

15. Sheikh said the cargo vessel hit the middle of the ferry.