Two ships were listing badly and had ceased their forward motion.

Although the ship ceased fire at 1000, much work remained in the wake of the devastating surprise attack.

It was hard to believe that in half an hour's time this cabin and the ship would probably have ceased to exist.

An hour later the ship had ceased to turn.

The ship had ceased to pitch and I was no longer ill.

The warship responded in kind, deliberately aiming high; and the foreign ship ceased fire.

It was as if the whole ship had ceased to exist.

Other, smaller ships have ceased to exist or are scattering wildly.

As soon as they were halfway across, the ships ceased firing for fear of hitting them.

Once a ship ceases to be suitable for use, we must stop thinking of it as a ship.