Trawler 'not sunk by Soviets'

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London Evening Standard

Theories that the trawler Gaul and its 36 crew were deliberately sunk by the Soviet Union or pulled down by a submarine were ruled out by the Wreck Commissioner today after a public inquiry.

The official inquiry into the loss of the Gaul in the Barents Sea in 1974 was held in its home port of Hull earlier this year.

The public inquiry, led by Mr Justice Steel, followed 30 years of controversy over how the vessel sunk.

Mr Justice Steel said he had come to the "firm conclusion that the cause of the loss had been clearly established" as the trawler's factory deck being flooded during a storm.

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