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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Barney Davis

Solong sailor lost in North Sea collision wanted to ‘work hard for his family’

This is the first picture of a “hardworking” father feared dead after the cargo ship he was working on rammed into an oil tanker in the North Sea, causing an explosion.

Mark Angelo Pernia, 38, was working in the forward deck of the Solong when it ploughed into the port side of the American tanker Stena Immaculate off the coast of Yorkshire.

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