Another vessel was attempting the same maneuver on the opposite side.

The upshot is that the vessel attempting to pass on the wrong side must give way.

Several vessels attempted to locate bodies or survivors from the ship in the days after the sinking, but found none.

No Soviet vessels attempted to do so, however.

Salvage operations began, with a number of tugs and other vessels attempting to save the ship.

Otir's larger vessels would not attempt to thread the shoals.

Scouting vessels, attempting to locate it, came back "without having found any trace.

The guns of the castle commanded the whole bay, so that any suspicious vessel attempting to dock could be attacked.

Either their impacts turned the vessel or the crew attempted evasive maneuvers.

The prevailing winds and currents create particular problems for vessels attempting to round the Horn against them, i.e. from east to west.