However, the hull broke open when the ship hit the bottom.
Most ships hit four or five ports of call, sometimes spending a night, other times only a few hours.
The huge ship hit our tiny boat with a great crash.
The ship hit the bottom and rolled of almost 180 degrees.
That was his last conscious thought before the ship hit the ground.
In July 2009 the ship hit the shore at the same port.
Then the plunging ship hit the surface of the water.
A few hours later, the ship hit the planet's atmosphere.
The ship hit a bump, as if it had just run over something on a smooth road.
When a ship is hit, especially a little one, I think that may be it for them, more often than not.