On 1 April 1942, 10 Norwegian ships at Gothenburg made an attempt to escape into Allied-controlled waters, where they would be met and protected by a group of British warships. However, Sweden would not allow the Norwegian ships to use their neutral waters for this, and so Swedish ships steered the escapees towards international waters; the Germans however had been tipped off about the escape attempt and were lying in wait. Of the 10, only two made it through to the British, two turned back to Gothenburg, two were sunk by the Germans, and the remaining four were scuttled by their crew after being confronted by German warships, of which "Skytteren" was one. "Skytteren" was scuttled in the waters off Måseskär, Sweden, with the loss of one crew member. The rest of her 111 strong crew were captured by the Germans and taken as prisoners of war.