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At least 55 cruise ship passengers have been left floating out at sea after their excursion boat sank.

Passengers aboard the German cruiser Mein Schiff 1 set off on a catamaran on Sunday to watch the sun set over the Dominican Republic.

But a leak sprang on the 12-metre craft, named Boca de Yuma 1, flooding it and causing it to sink just off the shores of Samaná Bay.

Footage shows holiday-makers – including elderly people and children – floundering in the sea as rescue crews arrived. No one was injured and all passengers were rescued.

The cruise departed from La Romana the day before the sinking and is now travelling to Jamaica, according to CruiseMapper.

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