One Dead, 4 Missing After Freighters Collide in North Sea

One Dead, 4 Missing After Freighters Collide in North Sea
This combination of pictures shows grabs taken on Oct. 24, 2023 from undated videos showing the Verity cargo ship (top) and the Polesie cargo ship in Hamburg, northern Germany. Stringer/NEWS5/AFP via Getty Images
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BERLIN—One body has been recovered, two people have been rescued, and four are missing after two freighters collided in the North Sea off the coast of Germany, the maritime emergency authority said on Tuesday.

The Verity, which the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said had sunk, had been on its way from Bremen to the English town of Immingham with seven crew members on board. The Polesie was sailing from Hamburg to La Coruna in Spain.