Vessels coming to a tragic end in hasty manoeuvring? (6)
I believe the answer is:
yachts
'vessels' is the definition.
(yacht is a kind of vessel)
'a tragic end in hasty manoeuvring?' is the wordplay.
'end' suggests the final letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'manoeuvring?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'manoeuvring' mean this).
The last letter of 'tragic' is 'c'.
'hasty' with letters rearranged gives 'yahts'.
'c' placed into 'yahts' is 'YACHTS'.
'coming to' is the link.
(Other definitions for yachts that I've seen before include "Pleasure crafts" , "Pleasure craft" , "Vessels propelled by sail or power" , "Pleasue boats" , "Craft for 6 dn" .)