More shots slammed into the lower hull, each one a body blow.

The light of the dying ring particles was hot on its lower hull.

From the lower hull corridors our grids sounded with the tramping of running steps.

The boat ground to a stop, its lower hull lodged on the shallow bottom.

Its tumbling halted, it hung below Hyale's lower hull, looking round with raw senses.

Deighton winced as more iron crashed into the lower hull.

Very dark, with only a few pale crests breaking away from the lower hull.

Adam winced as iron thudded into the lower hull.

After the brightness of the upper deck, the lower hull seemed like a musty vault.

As if to give an edge to his words, another ball slammed into the lower hull.

And then another, deep in the lower hull.

Gramine's lower hull shone brighter than a sun as it reflected the diabolical corona seething four kilometres below.

The second gun fired and this time it smashed into the lower hull with the force of a rock.

A few flashes burst through the thickening smoke, and Bolitho felt the enemy's iron smash into the lower hull.

Thus, no matter how much the lower hull might roll and pitch and toss, the upper hull remained level and comparatively undisturbed.

Monica accessed the sensor suite in the voidhawk's lower hull, and the starfield projected into her mind came alive with vivid coloured icons.