BEIJING, Jan 23 - The Chinese Coast Guard said on Friday it dispatched two vessels to rescue 21 Philippine crew members in a foreign cargo ship that capsized near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

The coast guard said it received a report of the incident at 1:34 am on Friday. Thirteen people have been saved so far while search-and-rescue efforts were continuing, it said in a statement, which did not identify the ship's owner.