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

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