Coast Guard vessel ran onto reef
On Dec 3, 2013, at 6.25 p.m. the "Andenes" ran aground north of Rødbergsodden in Lenvik. There were 67 people on board.
About 7 p.m. the Coast Guard ship pulled itself out off and progressed with four knots.
The vessel has taken in some water in a fresh water tank, but the situation was under control. A Sea King helicopter was sent but stood down when the ship was on the way to Tromsø at 9 p.m. for further investigations with the escort of the rescue vessel Kaptein Skaugen" which was dispatched from Tromsø soon after the distress call, and the Coast Guard vessel "Sortland".
Also the lifeboat "Gideon" was on the way from Tromsø.
On Dec 3, 2013, at 6.25 p.m. the "Andenes" ran aground north of Rødbergsodden in Lenvik. There were 67 people on board.
About 7 p.m. the Coast Guard ship pulled itself out off and progressed with four knots.
The vessel has taken in some water in a fresh water tank, but the situation was under control. A Sea King helicopter was sent but stood down when the ship was on the way to Tromsø at 9 p.m. for further investigations with the escort of the rescue vessel Kaptein Skaugen" which was dispatched from Tromsø soon after the distress call, and the Coast Guard vessel "Sortland".
Also the lifeboat "Gideon" was on the way from Tromsø.