South African rescuers continue search for 11 fishermen missing off Cape Town

CAPE TOWN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- South African sea rescue organizations announced on Saturday that search and rescue efforts are continuing for 11 fishermen who went missing after their fishing trawler sank off the coast of Cape Town.

The fishing vessel sank about 30 nautical miles off Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard on Friday afternoon, according to a statement issued by the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), a member of South African Search and Rescue.