At least 66 people were feared dead Friday after a ferry disaster in Tonga which the prime minister described as "devastating" for the tiny Pacific kingdom. As grieving relatives gathered at the wharf in the capital Nuku'alofa, singing hymns for comfort and expressing anger the ageing vessel was allowed to sail, Prime Minister Feleti Sevele said hope was fading for the missing. "The hopes for the rest are not promising, unfortunately," Sevele told journalists at a meeting of Pacific leaders in Australia. "It's a very sad day ... it's quite huge for a population of 100,000, a small place, devastating." Officials said only 53 survivors had been found from the 119 believed to have be on board the 34-year-old Princess Ashika, which turned over and sank at speed overnight on Wednesday.