First pictures show massive hole on side of oil tanker after North Sea crash

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Aerial footage has revealed the extent of damage to the oil tanker after it crashed with a cargo ship in the North Sea.

At least 37 crew aboard both vessels had an astonishing escape as ‘multiple explosions’ rocked US-flagged MV Stena Immaculate – anchored ten miles off Hull and loaded with highly flammable kerosene for American warplanes.

Its crew abandoned ship minutes after it was rammed by MV Solong – reportedly on autopilot as it headed from Scotland to Rotterdam with 15 containers of toxic sodium cyanide among its cargo.

Now, fresh footage from the scene off the East Yorkshire coast shows one of the vessels, thought to be the Stena Immaculate, with a gaping hole on its side as it rocks in the sea with ballast water pouring out of it.

A sailor on board the Stena Immaculate revealed how the crew managed to escape after a ‘massive ship came from out of the blue,’ leaving them only seconds to react.

First pictures show massive hole on side of oil tanker after North Sea crash

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