tears a ship apart

Then Godzilla slammed his full weight against the Austrailian ship.  As he struck the freighter with his forepaws, the sea crested in a gigantic wave that pushed the lifeboat clear of the ship.
Bobbing like a cork in a tsunami, the lifeboat was carried along.  Inside, Kelly and China Bill clutched the handholds helplessly.  Miraculously, the boat did not capsize, despite the towering wake from Godzilla’s destruction.
As kelly watched wide-eyed, Godzilla slammed against the Dingo’s Luck.  With deafening sounds of ripping metal and snarling beast beating against their ears, the old man and the youth watched as their ship broke apart under the monstrous assault.