"And just how did you know we were approaching the unidentified ship at all, if I may ask?"

Also, approaching ships were required to make radio contact with one another.

"Will we be approaching the ship underwater or on the surface?"

I then approached the ship, half buried in the grass.

There were elements of all these visible as we approached the ship.

To approach the stricken ship was certain disaster for all of them.

The following day, a native canoe approached the ship with a white woman on board.

They were approaching the ship from the stern at 1.2 times the speed of sound.

Garner says shoot on sight, don't try to approach the ship.

They both looked round sharply at the sound of approaching ships in the sky.