The police in Britain detained the ship’s captain on suspicion of gross negligence after it crashed into an oil tanker that was being operated by the U.S. Navy.

The captain of the cargo ship MV Solong, which rammed into a US oil tanker off the British coast, has been identified as a Russian national

Thirty-seven people have been brought ashore after two ships collided in the North Sea, with jet fuel spilling into the water and one of the stricken vessel's carrying sodium cyanide. Follow below for live coverage of the incident.