BBC Verify examines moments before cargo ship, tanker collision

Ship tracking data sheds light on what happened before the two vessels, the Solong and Stena Immaculate, collided in the North Sea.

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The owner of one of the vessels has confirmed that the man is the master of the Solong cargo ship.

BBC Verify's Nick Eardley has been piecing together what we know about incident which happened on Monday morning.

Additional reporting by Joshua Cheetham, Jake Horton and Ned Davies. Produced by Jemimah Herd. Graphics by Jacqueline Galvin.

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