Tell me, Admiral, have you been notified of a missing civilian vessel in the area?

Certainly we are to the civilian vessels, if they even bother to put a telescope on us.

The reports had not mentioned a civilian vessel being caught up in the struggle, but that meant nothing.

But we have to pass muster as a civilian vessel.

The boat was a civilian vessel being used by the military.

A civilian vessel, I carry passengers and nothing else.

Two Japanese civilian vessels also joined in the search.

Also it would be difficult to fit armour to a civilian vessel.

As a civilian vessel, it had women and children on board, and many of them were among the 137 who died.

The formation was made even more ragged by the presence of so many civilian vessels.