| AFTERDARK | Chase damned vessel in the night (5,4) |
| SUBMARINE | Vessel in the lyrics to "In the Navy" (HIT) |
| CATAMARAN | At the start, can't ram a fast vessel, in the main (9) |
| CARGOSHIP | Freight vessel in the grip of chaos and confusion (5,4) |
| CAPILLARY | Smallest type of blood vessel in the human body (9) |
| SHIPSHAPE | Design of a vessel, in the main, is neat and proper (9) |
| SAILBOATS | Wind-powered vessels in the Summer Olympics |
| BOAT | Pea-green vessel in The Owl and the Pussycat; one of the seated yoga poses; or, a jug for gravy/sauce (4) |
| NOAHSARK | Vessel in the Bible that came to rest on Mount Ararat after the end of the Flood (5,3) |
| TUSSLE | You, the Parisian, went round vessel in the struggle |
| EARN | Bring in vessel in the sound |
| CHAMPIONSHIP | The best vessel in the competition? (12) |
| AORTA | The main vessel in the arterial network |
| SHIP | Second joint in large vessel, in the main (4) |
| TURNIP | Food found in a vessel in the rubbish dump (6) |
| DARKENS | Adds shading to the old vessel in the studies (7) |
| AIRCRAFTCARRIER | The largest type of vessel in the Royal Navy (8,7) |
| TESTTUBE | Try out the underground vessel in the lab (4-4) |
| EBOAT | Allied designation of a German torpedo craft such as Schnellboot S130, once the fastest vessel in the world (1-4) |
| ORCA | Name of the shark-fishing vessel in the 1975 thriller film Jaws (4) |
