Man 'falls overboard from cruise ship' as major search launched in UK waters

The alarm was raised at around 8.30am on Friday when emergency services were alerted to a man having fallen into the water around 36 nautical miles east of Arbroath

The alarm was raised on the Ambition on Friday morning while off Angus.

A major search is under way for a man reported to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship off the east coast of Scotland

A major search is under way for a man reported to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship off the east coast of Scotland.HM Coastguard said a man was reported overboard from a vessel around 36 nautical miles east of Arbroath, Angus, at around 8.35am on Friday.A coastguard helicopter and aeroplane are involved in the s

The man reportedly went overboard around 40 nautical miles from Anstruther, Fife, police said

Noora Mykkanen | Senior Live News reporter Published August 21, 2026 1:37pm Updated August 21, 2026 1:37pm The alarm was raised during sailing from Lerwick to Dundee on board the Ambassador Ambition cruise (Picture: Shutterstock) A man is feared to have gone overboard from Ambassador’s Ambition solar eclipse cruise. A

A man is believed to have fallen overboard from the MS Ambition cruise ship near the coast of Arbroath in Scotland with a major search underway

A man is believed to have gone overboard from the Ambassador Ambition cruise ship

The cruise ship had been on a solar eclipse trip around Iceland, the Faroes and Shetland and was due to disembark passengers in Scotland at around 11am before a man reportedly went overboard

The passenger boarded in Shetland - but wasn't there when it was time to get off

Police and coastguard are desperately searching for the missing man while the ship has docked at a Dundee port.

The alarm was raised on board the Ambassador Ambition before it arrived in Dundee on Friday.

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