Dutch call off search for 6 missing crewmen

By Toby Sterling

Published December 6, 2012 5:17pm ET

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Dutch call off search for 6 missing crewmen — In this photograph released by Scheepvaartnieuws.blogspot.nl the Baltic Ace cargo ship is seen in IJmuiden, Netherlands, 2012. Four crew members died and seven were missing in the icy waters of the North Sea, after a cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off the Dutch coast Wednesday night, rescuers said. The 148-meter (485-foot) Baltic Ace collided with the 134-meter (440-foot) container ship Corvus J in darkness near busy shipping lanes some 65 kilometers (40 miles) off the coast of the southern Netherlands. The Baltic Ace, carrying a cargo of cars, had a crew of 24 which was forced to abandon ship as it sank quickly. (AP Photo/Hans Blomvliet for Scheepvaartnieuws.blogspot.nl,) NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT | Hans Blomvliet

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Rescuers called off search efforts for six missing crewmen Thursday from a cargo ship that sank in the North Sea after a collision with another vessel. The presumed death toll is 11 — taking into account the missing and five bodies found so far.

A day after the Baltic Ace capsized in international waters off Netherlands’ southern coast, search helicopters, planes and coast guard ships were called back to their bases amid icy conditions.

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