Restored 19th-century German Wooden Sailing Ship Sinks After Collision

Elbe No 5, restored at a cost of €1.5m, sunk after it collided with container vessel near Hamburg, reports The Guardian.

Recently restored wooden sailing ship Elbe No 5 has sunk after colliding with a container vessel near Hamburg, northern Germany.

Six adults and two children were injured when the gaff-rigged schooner Elbe No 5, originally built in 1883, collided with a Cyprus-flagged vessel, Astrosprinter, on the River Elbe after a failed tack steered the sailing ship directly...

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