| 1. | We cannot stop a merchant vessel by the use of force,
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| 2. | Thousands of merchant vessels have been intercepted or boarded since 1990.
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| 3. | The merchant vessel was ordered to divert to Salerno in Italy.
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| 4. | She became the American merchant vessel " Defence ".
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| 5. | A merchant vessel flies a flag, typically at its stern.
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| 6. | Its mission was monitoring the oceans for naval and merchant vessels.
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| 7. | The whole convoy was captured, except for one merchant vessel.
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| 8. | Then she escorted French merchant vessels sailing from Smyrna to Cerigo.
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| 9. | Its harbor was a good site to anchor warships and merchant vessels.
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| 10. | Eventually, a small Chinese skiff took them to a merchant vessel.
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