Dutch coastguards scrambled helicopters and divers to search for three sailors missing in the North Sea after their ship sank following a collision with a fishing trawler early Monday.

The accident happened at around 1:30 a.m. when the 32-meter Maria, a ship deployed to guard an oil drilling platform about 40 kilometers southwest of the Dutch navy port of Den Helder, collided with fishing trawler Texel 68.

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