Capsized oil-rig vessel sinks

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The Bourbon Dolphin has sunk to a depth of 3,600ft, operators Bourbon Offshore said. A spokesman for the firm said experts were now analysing the salvage situation.

A 14-year-old schoolboy on work experience and his father were among the eight victims after the ship capsized around 75 miles north west of Shetland on Thursday.

Shetland Coastguard confirmed the vessel sank at 9.15pm on Sunday.

It was initially hoped that authorities would be able to tow the vessel back to shore to look for the five bodies which are still missing.

Three bodies were pulled from the water along with seven survivors from the Norwegian-owned boat.

Shetland Coastguard watch manager Neil Cumming said: "It was released from a rig yesterday and slowly it began to go down. It was very unstable."

This will come as a blow to Bourbon Offshore who had sent a salvage team in the hope of towing the vessel back to Shetland.

They had sent two tugs and a team of specialist divers to the scene to begin to carry out investigations into how the tragedy could have happened and recover the five missing bodies including the father and son.

There were 15 Norwegian crew on board the handling supply tug when it capsized.