SPANISH officials say five people have been killed and three injured when a lifeboat fell into the sea off a cruise ship that was tied up at the port of Santa Cruz in the Canary Islands.
Citing the islands' Emergency and Security Co-ordination Centre, a government statement said rescue personnel were called to the dockside at 1205 GMT (2305 AEDT) on Sunday after "a lifeboat with occupants had fallen overboard from a cruise ship docked at the pier of Santa Cruz port in La Palma".
The nationality or sex of those who died was not known, the statement said, adding the injured were all men, two aged 30 and another, a Greek national, was 32 years old.
National broadcaster RTVE said the cruise ship was British registered.
British company Thomson Cruises issued a statement after the incident, saying it "is aware of an incident involving the ship's crew on board Thomson Majesty, in La Palma, Canary Islands".
"We are working closely with the ship owners and managers, Louis Cruises, to determine exactly what has happened and provide assistance to those affected by the incident," the statement added.
A reporter at the dockside said all of those in the lifeboat at the time of the accident were crew members.
Television images showed a small, white two-hulled lifeboat capsized beside the ship.
It was not immediately clear if there were any other people in the lifeboat when it crashed into the sea, or whether the Thomson Majesty ship had any passengers on it.
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