Sinking of Dalniy Vostok

Sinking of Dalniy Vostok
Sinking of Dalniy Vostok
Sinking of Dalniy Vostok (Far Eastern Federal District)
Date1 April 2015
Location Russia
Sea of Okhotsk
Also known asStende (until 2014)
Participants132
OutcomeShip sank, 63 rescued
Deaths57
Missing12

The Russian-flagged fishing trawler Dalniy Vostok (Russian: «Дальний Восток» [ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐsˈtok]; "Far East") sank on 1 April 2015, off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula in the Sea of Okhotsk. Fifty-seven of the ship's 132 crew members were confirmed dead, with rescue operations underway for survivors. The freezer trawler sank 183 nautical miles (330 kilometers) west of Krutogorovsky, a settlement in Kamchatka's Sobolevsky District.

Sixty-three crew members were rescued by other fishing vessels, and 12 remain missing. Although recovery efforts continued on 3 April, the TASS news agency reported that it was believed that the missing drowned in the engine room, and that all survivors had been rescued.