WEST GERMAN SHIP SINKS OFF WEST AFRICA The West German-registered motor vessel Stefan E. Sank off the West African coast early today and one of its eight crew members was killed, a Spanish navy spokesman said. He said the captain of the Singapore-registered tanker Nord Pacific reported in a radio message that he had picked up the remaining seven crewmen of the 2,223 tonnes dw Stefan E., Together with the body of the dead man.