51.   They shut down automatically when the vessel sank, and regular monitoring has shown no radiation leak.

52.   Three crew members of a Ukrainian ship died and three others were missing Friday after the cargo vessel sank in the North Sea.

53.   Yesterday, Dr Ling declined to say how much has been lost in the three months since the vessel sank.

54.   Forty-nine crew from two ships were missing and feared drowned after the vessels sank off northern Taiwan in bad weather, an armed forces spokesman said Monday.

55.   In a separate incident, police said a fishing vessel sank in Okinawa.

56.   Amidst chaotic scenes, one Taiwanese vessel was reportedly sinking after being rammed by a Japanese Maritime Safety Agency boat.

57.   Elsewhere the crews of two trawlers were rescued after their vessels sank off the coast of Galicia, in the north west of the country.

58.   Five Georgian seamen drowned when their vessel sank in the Black Sea near Krasnodar on the Russian coast, Interfax news agency reported Friday citing the Russian Emergency Ministry.

59.   Five survivors were plucked from the water by residents after the vessel sank in the Linxia Hui district of Gansu province, according to Xinhua news agency.

60.   The ship was then towed back to port, but the leak worsened and the vessel sank.