Episode 109 - FV Gaul

English - June 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 108 - HMS Royal Oak

This week it's the tale of the stern trawler Gaul, and the mystery of her 1974 sinking in the Barents Sea fishing grounds, leading to a decades-long search for answers.

Sources:

Dispatches - "Secrets of the Gaul." 1997. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=secrets+of+the+gaul

Re-opened Formal Investigation Report 2004

"Sinking of stern trawler Gaul with loss of 36 lives." Marine Accident Investigation Branch, April 1999. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/sinking-of-stern-trawler-gaul-in-the-barents-sea-with-loss-of-36-lives