A tugboat will remain at the scene to warn other ships in the area before the search resumes at daylight for eight crew missing from the Cemfjord.
A tugboat will remain at the scene to warn other ships in the area before the search resumes at daylight for eight crew missing from the Cemfjord.
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NEW: Search suspended for 8 missing crew members of a ship

25 crew members airlifted after car carrier runs aground off southern England's coast

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Eight crew members are missing after a cargo vessel overturned off the coast of Scotland, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution said late Saturday.

The search for the crew was suspended Sunday night with no sign of them, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency said. A search operation that included a helicopter, coast guard rescue teams and a fixed-wing aircraft was unsuccessful, the agency said.

The coast guard in Shetland was notified at 2:30 p.m. that the hull of the Cemfjord was found 11 miles east of Pentland Skerries, the RNLI said.

Photographs showed the vessel in a vertical position, one end jutting from the water.

The Hoegh Osaka ran aground on Bramble Bank in the Solent.
The Hoegh Osaka ran aground on Bramble Bank in the Solent.
RNLI/Damian Lester

Meanwhile, 25 crew members were airlifted from a boat that ran aground off the coast of southern England, below Southampton, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency reported.

Helicopters lifted the crew from the car carrier, which listed dramatically to one side.

The ship ran aground on Bramble Bank near the Isle of Wight.