P&O Iona involved in rescue as cargo ship sinks in North Sea

Iona - P&O Cruises (Courtesy Meyer Werft, October 2020)The P&O-owned Iona, which left Southampton three days ago for Hamburg, Rotterdam and Bruges, is one of several vessels involved in a major rescue operation.

The Verity collided with another cargo ship, Polesie, at around 5am about 14 miles southwest of the German island of Helgoland.

The 300ft vessel, which was on its way from Bremen in Germany to the British port of Immingham in Lincolnshire, sank soon after the impact.

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