1.   Again, the boat speed between the two vessels was remarkably even.

2.   Responding to reports that guns were being brandished aboard the alliance boats, armed Coast Guardsmen boarded the larger of the two vessels.

3.   The crews of the three vessels will be in Canadian court Tuesday.

4.   The other vessels include amphibious ships, guided-missile cruisers and guided-missile destroyers.

5.   The submarine, Kursk, got into serious trouble despite being only five years old, one of the few vessels the post-Soviet Russian Navy has built.

6.   The three vessels will be joined shortly by another destroyer, a support ship and eight aircraft.

7.   These days, the two vessels have been in choppy waters.

8.   Armed Australian sailors rappelled down ropes from helicopters to board and capture the two vessels in howling winds and mountainous seas, and gather evidence of illegal fishing.

9.   As Philippine sailors prepared to board the wooden-hulled Chinese boat, the two vessels collided because of rough seas and sank, Philippine navy officials said.

10.   At the time of the accident, the two vessels were passing each other in a busy ship traffic lane.