By Milly Vincent For Mailonline
Published: 12:40 BST, 9 June 2019 | Updated: 12:41 BST, 9 June 2019
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A collision between a vintage sailing ship and a container vessel in Germany injured five and sunk the wooden ship which had just been restored at a cost of £1.3million one week before.
The 43 passengers and crew aboard the 'No 5 Elbe' were rescued after it was crashed into by the Cyprus-flagged container ship Astrosprinter on the Elbe River at Stade near Hamburg at around 12.30pm Saturday.
The 121 ft long pilot schooner, built in 1883, was Hamburg's oldest and last remaining seagoing ship from the era of wooden ships and could be rented for harbour excursions.
Moment of impact as the 121 ft long pilot schooner, 'No 5 Elbe', is slammed into by Astrosprinter a 460 ft long container ship
Parts of the No 5 Elbe, a wooden schooner built in 1883, stick up from the surface of the water after a collision with a container ship in the Elbe River near Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday, June 8, 2019
Efforts to pump water from the boat had to be abandoned as water poured
