Crime & Safety

4 Missing After Fishing Boat Sinks Off Cape Cod

The Emmy Rose sank 20 miles northeast of Provincetown, according to the Coast Guard.

The Emmy Rose departed Portland, Maine, last week.
The Emmy Rose departed Portland, Maine, last week. (Patch graphic)

PROVINCETOWN, MA — The United States Coast Guard is searching for four people who were on a fishing boat that sank off the coast of Cape Cod Monday morning.

Around 1 a.m., the Coast Guard was alerted that the Emmy Rose, an 82-foot fishing vessel, sank 20 miles northeast of Provincetown.

Marine Traffic data showed the ship went out of range Monday morning after departing from Portland, Maine, on Nov. 17.

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Officials did not say what caused the boat to sink.

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