The navy said that a massive search effort for the 18-year-old officer candidate from the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is underway.
“The crew immediately started rescue measures,” the navy said in a statement on Thursday. “The search continues and at present there are no further details are currently available.”
At the time of the accident the three-mast ship, which is used to teach sailors basic seamanship, was at full sail and some 20 kilometres north of the island Norderney.
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