The Russian fishing schooner Serio Maru-28 has got a hole near the South Kuriles at 06:20 a.m., local time, Monday (11:20, Moscow time, Sunday). Twelve crewmembers of the vessel survived using life rafts. They were picked up by another Russian schooner - Vakhau Maru.
The shipwreck was caused by a storm. The schooner was swept by storm waves and carried away from its anchor place in the Shirokaya Bay of the Yuri Island of the small Kuriles chain.
The shipwreck was caused by a storm. The schooner was swept by storm waves and carried away from its anchor place in the Shirokaya Bay of the Yuri Island of the small Kuriles chain.