THREE BRITS ON LOST SUB

Desperate hunt continues as King Offers prayers for missing tourists

- CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN, DAN WARBURTON and RUSSELL MYER

RELATIVES of those on board the missing Titanic tourist sub were last night facing an agonising wait for news as the hunt for the vessel continued.

Our sister paper the Mirror was at the Newfoundland harbour town where Titan set sail on its ill-fated trip to the sunken liner, and where the distraught families are believed to be.

Three Brits, Hamish Harding, 58, Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son Suleman, are on the vessel along with French pilot Paul-Henry Nargeolet, 73, and boss of the tour firm, Stockton Rush, 61.

But fears were growing for their safety as experts warned oxygen will be running out, they may too deep to rescue and the sub may have imploded under the pressure.

There was a glimmer of hope as a former Navy commander said the lost sub could be floating on the surface.

Shahzada is a supporter of King Charles’s charity work on the Prince’s Trust International.

A royal source said: “His Majesty has asked to be kept up to date on the situation.

“His thoughts and prayers are with the Dawood family.” US Coast Guard official Captain Jamie Frederick revealed last night searches for the sub have so far “not yielded any results”.

He added: “We know there’s about 40 hours of breathable air left on board.”

SHAHZADA DAWOOD, 48 SULEMAN DAWOOD, 19

UK-BASED Shahzada is one of Pakistan’s richest men and took his teenage son on the Titanic exploration trip.