The ship proved problematic at first, after problems were detected with the boilers.

If this ship proves not to be the one we're looking for, we certainly shall.

This ship has proven to be a treasure that inspires madness.

Although three of their number were lost, the ships proved to be well designed.

After some initial modification, both ships entered service immediately, and proved most popular with the traveling public.

Both ships proved easy to handle and built up good safety records over the years.

However, both ships proved to be major failures and only achieved 11.5 knots in service.

Possibly two, if the third ship proved to be one of the missing vessels.

But the ship proved to be a hit, especially among Ukrainian-Americans.

It was entirely possible, he realized, that the ship might prove far too user-friendly for their own good.