Nautical Disaster - Detail

I think I finally have this part of the bottle figured out. Still not sure what goes in place of the ship / octopus shapes; I'm loathe to take on a woodcut illustration project just for a minor detail, but I haven't found a good alternative yet.

All of the text (except for the year) is required by law to be on the bottle, and they have strict rules about punctuation and type size. I learned that last time around with the VCBW bottle.