Two fishermen saved in the Skagerrak

The ferry "Stena Saga", sailing between Frederikshavn and Oslo, came to assists the "Lis Katrine RI 192" which suddenly sank in the Skagerrak on March 22, 2017, at 3.30 a.m. The crew observed a flare in a position 9,5 nautical miles north of Skagen and immediately alerted the Defense Operations Center. Soon after the ferry found a liferaft with two fishermen inside and recovered them. They stated that their wooden ship had suffered a sudden water ingress. They only had time to put on immersion suits and fire off flares before they had to abandon ship. The Danish rescue center deployed an SAR helicopter of the Squadron 722 in Aalborg, another helicopter from Sweden, a lifeboat from Skagen, the frigate "Iver Huitfeldt" and another ferry. The two fishermen were later hoisted onto the helicopter and immediately checked and serviced by a doctor from the squadron. After the arrival at Aalborg their repatriation to Hvide Sande was arranged. The lifeboat patrolled the position where the "Lis Katrine" had sunkin a water depth of about 80 meters in the Skagerrak before being stood down.