Today a Hercules aeroplane visited Exercise Sorbet Royal. Its cargo was ten special trained parachuters from
the UK. They jumped from
1200 feet in the target area, 12 NM off the coast of Frederikshavn. At first they dropped all the necessary equipment in a container, including a rescue raft with room for 25
people. The parachuters themselves jumped in teams of two and three.
Well arrived in the sea they swam to their equipment and got it into position for phase two. All this was done with 60 meters sea below.
In the meantime people were busy on board ORP LECH; Doctors and divers were preparing for their tasks. As soon as the gear in the sea was ready,
the signal was given to the distressed submarine and the trapped could ‘pop' to
the surface.
At first the escapees were taken on board the raft and from there by motorboat transported to
ORP LECH. While on board the LECH they had a quick decompression and were skipped off to first aid.
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