A desperate search was continuing on Monday for 26 crew members feared dead after their wind farm construction ship broke up off Hong Kong.

The vessel, named as the 204-metre Fu Jing 001, sank in tropical storm Chaba, 300 km (190 miles) from the Chinese territory on Saturday.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday that a fourth seafarer had been rescued, but hopes for the missing crew members were described as “slim”.