According to the local council in Marsa Alam

According to the local council in Marsa Alam, the crew of the Sea Story are Egyptian while the tourists on board were from Belgium, Britain, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the US.

Among the missing are two Polish tourists and one from Finland, according to those nations' foreign ministries.

A UK Foreign Office spokesperson said they were providing "support to a number of British nationals and their families following an incident in Egypt".

The Chinese embassy in Egypt said two of its nationals were "in good health" after being rescued.