Whale or container blamed for sinking of sail training ship

7:50 PM Sat 16 Oct 2010 GMT

'Asgard digitally enhanced just before she sank - photo by French Customs' .

The investigation into the loss of the Irish sail training vessel Asgard II more than two years ago off the northwest French coast has found that the ship may have collided with a container or another object such as a whale. The Marine Casualty Investigation Board report was not able to rule conclusively on the cause of the sinking on September 11th, 2008. However, video footage taken by an Irish diving team earlier in the summer confirms that the keel sustained impact which caused fracture to the timbers. The 20 trainees ...

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by Des Ryan