Sentence examples for official vessel from inspiring English sources

The 112-foot wooden schooner, which has been designated a national landmark and is now the official vessel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, began taking on water shortly after departing New London, Conn., on its way to Nantucket.

But all 21 of the survivors had been picked up by the time the official vessels arrived.

"Beijing hasn't stopped sending its official vessels either into the contiguous or the territorial waters of the Senkakus," a Japanese government official told the Guardian.

China should undertake not to send official vessels into Japanese waters, as it still occasionally does, and deal more forcefully with militaristic sabre-rattlers like the general who suggested using the Senkakus for bombing practice.

The General Elliot, a Gibraltar Port Authority vessel, was at the head of the flotilla, and was supported by other official vessels.

Next time no migrant will want to leave so-called official rescue vessels to be taken by boats belonging to NGOs – which could find European ports closed to them for goodness knows how many hours or even days.

That will allow traffic on the water to pass freely, though transportation officials say vessels pass only about two dozen times a year, mostly when workers from the Department of Environmental Protection head north on the canal as they plan for a cleanup of its chemically contaminated waters.

The Panamanian official said the vessel was "in pretty bad shape after its very own crew damaged it when they saw the police coming".

Navy officials said the vessel's hull was damaged but did not rupture.

Four hundred seventy-nine passengers were airlifted from the vessel, officials said, and the rest remained aboard until the vessel reached port.

Officials hurried the vessel away and rescheduled the launch for 7.17am, only for strong winds to force yet another delay.