11.   Some four hours later, apparently engulfed by fire, the ship began drifting.

12.   The captain announced that the engine had stalled, other survivors said, and the ship quickly began filling with water.

13.   The ship began to list.

14.   The ship was beginning to list severely, making it difficult to walk or fire guns.

15.   The waterfront fell apart when ships began carrying containerized cargo and moved to deeper ports.

16.   There was a charge for those activities when the ship first began sailing.

17.   Three oil-covered birds were found soon after the ship began leaking Monday.

18.   A salvage ship began retrieving the floating front part of the tanker Nakhodka early Sunday, but retrieval of the rest of the ship was unlikely.

19.   After a series of explosions in its engine, the ship began leaking oil Monday, news reports said.

20.   As the ship began to sink, Sesante called an aide on land using a cellular phone and asked him to contact people who could rescue the passengers.