British-Norwegian Fishing Boat Sinks East of Falkland Islands; Nine Dead, Four Missing

The crew comprised 10 Spaniards, eight Russians, five Indonesians, two Peruvians, and two Uruguayans, all aged between 30 and 58 years.

Stanley: Nine individuals are confirmed dead and four remain missing following the sinking of a British-Norwegian fishing vessel off the Falkland Islands coast on Monday. The boat’s owner provided an update on Wednesday, revealing the tragic details.

The vessel, known as the Argos Georgia and flagged from Saint Helena, had 27 crew members on board. According to Stig Ervik, CEO of Norway’s Ervik Havfiske Holding, 14 crew members have been located alive. The vessel, which took on water, has left the company without a full account of the circumstances leading up to the incident, Ervik told to the international news agency Reuters.

The crew comprised 10 Spaniards, eight Russians, five Indonesians, two Peruvians, and two Uruguayans, all aged between 30 and 58 years. Ervik did not disclose the identities of the deceased crew members.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reported that, according to information from the Falkland Islands Coast Guard and the ship’s owner, three Russian crew members have died and one is still missing.

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One of the vessel’s two life rafts was found in a damaged state, with one survivor located on it. The other raft, which contained 13 survivors, was also discovered. The Argos Georgia sank approximately 200 nautical miles east of Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, as confirmed by the British overseas territory’s government.

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Rescued crew members have been transported to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Stanley for medical evaluations. Search operations are ongoing for the missing individuals.

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