A major rescue operation was launched after a ro-ro lost power and grounded on a lighthouse rock off the UK on Monday.

The 3,923-lane-metre Mazarine (built 2009) drifted close to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse, nine miles (14.5 km) from the coast of Cornwall, south-west England at 09:10 local time.

Coastguard helicopters and a tug attended the scene, with lifeboats from Sennen Cove, Penlee and Lizard also heading out to the rock.