Britons rescued from sinking yacht after whale collision
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The Portuguese Navy says three Britons have been rescued in the Atlantic after their yacht collided with a whale and started to sink.
A statement says the three aged between 41 and 61 were picked up by a merchant vessel around 660 kilometers (410 miles) northeast of Portugal's mid-Atlantic Azores Islands on Sunday.
Portuguese rescue services sent a Navy corvette and two planes after receiving a distress signal from the U.K.-registered yacht Destiny of Scarborough. However, the statement Monday said the merchant ship was closer to the sinking yacht.
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The ship took the men to the northern Spanish port of Aviles. The statement said they did not require medical assistance. It did not provide their names.