During the evacuation, one crewman drowned when trying to board a lifeboat, his body was later found by a Soviet merchant ship. Another merchant ship, the Vyapel, spotted twelve of the 27 sailors in their liferaft and the crew of the Vyapel tried to rescue the sailors but to no avail as the rough seas caused the liferaft to drift near the ships propeller and rudder area.
During the evacuation, one crewman drowned while trying to board a lifeboat; his body was later found by a Soviet merchant ship. Meanwhile, another merchant ship, the Vyapel, spotted twelve of the 27 sailors in their liferaft but were unable to rescue them due to rough seas that caused the liferaft to drift near the ships propeller and rudder area.