If the ship is one linkset, I would try either Satyr's TRAM/Coaster or ChaosEngine. Both scripts are in the script area above and will give you precise control of ship movement.
Judging by it's angle and flight path. i suspect they hit the shoreline at high speed, launched into the air, and sailed over an entire 768x768 region, before coming to rest in the duck pond. This needs to be memorialized. :)