According to organizer Cruise and Maritime Voyages, Janet Richardson, 73, began suffering from internal bleeding during the homeward leg of a two-week cruise on the Ocean Countess ship.
Her husband, retired farmer George Richardson, said she was suffering from dizziness and low blood pressure when the captain decided to transfer her to shore.
The great-grandmother was lowered about 25 feet (7.6 meters) to the rescue ship when the vessels suddenly moved apart and she fell into the water, he said.
Richardson spent four minutes treading water in the sea, which was just a few degrees above freezing at the time, while rescue workers steered the coast guard boat away to avoid crushing her between the ships.
She was given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the rescue boat and spent a week in intensive care in Norway before being transferred to the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, England.
"It is with regret that Mrs. Janet Richardson passed away on Thursday evening," North Cumbria University Hospitals said in a statement. "Respecting the family's wishes we have no further comment at this time."
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