Brit girl, 19, feared dead after being washed out to sea while swimming with pals in North Sea off coast of Netherlands

A TEENAGE British girl is feared dead after being washed out into the North Sea.

The missing 19-year-old was together with her three friends on a beach near The Hague when she vanished while swimming with a huge search already underway.

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A teenage British girl is feared dead after being washed out in sea in the Netherlands with a huge search already underway[/caption]

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Emergency teams have been searching the beach for any sign of the missing teen[/caption]

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Rescuer workers were seen in the sea as part of the search[/caption]

The three friends have all been rescued after they got into serious trouble near the Zuidelijk Havenhoofd in the Netherlands around 8:30pm on Sunday.

Rescuers say there is now little hope that she will be found alive after they failed to locate her when they rescued her three friends after searching for two hours between 8:30 pm and shortly after 10 pm when it became too dark to see anything.

All of the four, including the missing girl, were reportedly around the same age and all from the United Kingdom.

It is believed that the three companions tried to rescue the girl, which also caused them difficulties.

An eyewitness told local media that two of the boys had injuries to the legs and were covered in blood, and there was an older woman there who was apparently the mother of one of the kids who was “panicking and screaming”.

The local person said the boys would have had no chance to save the teenager, as the water was too wild and impassable.

They added: “The boys barely survived”.

It is believed the injuries were caused when they were swept against the rocky peer that forms the harbour that separates the Ijduin and Scheveningen Beaches in The Hague.

The search was being carried out by boat and helicopter and is now reduced to checking the shoreline after it was reported there was little hope she was still alive and rescue efforts focused on finding the body, according to the latest reports from Monday night.