1.   The British navy boarded the vessel and towed it to New York.

2.   And if American ships board vessels to determine what they are carrying and learn that they are sending arms to Bosnia, American officers may not tell allied officials.

3.   Canadian officials then boarded the vessel and placed its captain under arrest.

4.   Coast Guard officers asked the captain for permission to board the vessel, received permission and began their search.

5.   Diego Herrera of the United States Coast Guard training Max to board a vessel on the waters of Sandy Hook, N.J., Friday.

6.   In those cases, the American Navy did not need to forcibly board the vessels.

7.   Taiwan urged Canadian authorities not to board the vessel, pledging that Taipei would investigate the alleged incidents.

8.   The captain will watch Thursday as the U.S. Coast Guard ingloriously boards his vessel and urges his crew to abandon ship.

9.   The Coast Guard continued its policy of randomly boarding commercial vessels.

10.   The Coast Guard has long boarded vessels for safety and law enforcement purposes, its crew members generally unarmed.