Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat (AFP/Getty)A search for two missing crew members has been suspended after French fishing vessel The Maranello sank in the English Channel off Plymouth. Three of the five crew members were safely rescued by a second trawler before the vessel sank on Saturday evening. The rescued sailors received hospital treatment in Truro and Plymouth and are currently travelling back to France. An intensive search-and-rescue operation was launched involving HM Coastguard, RNLI lifeboats, and French naval aircraft. Search efforts were officially suspended on Sunday night pending further information from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. In fullCoastguard suspends search for missing pair after fishing boat sinks in English ChannelMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Coastguards have not yet shared any further information about the vessel or the nature of the emergency.

Un bateau de pêche français a émis un signal de détresse samedi soir. Une importante opération de recherche a été lancée.