§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Transport if, pursuant to his reply of 5 March to the hon. Member for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, he will give the last known or reported location of each missing vessel; and whether activity of submarines of any nationality was reported to the inquiry in each case.
§ Mr. David Mitchell[pursuant to his reply, 11 March 1985, c.51].
Such information as is available about the last location of each vessel is given below:
- MV Derbyshire 270 miles East of Okinawa
- FV Pat Marie 1 mile South East of Benacre Ness
- FV Celerity In Pentland Firth
- FV Reborn Under the cliffs, East of Folkestone Harbour
- FV Zanto Off the West Coast of Denmark
- FV Exuberant Between Weymouth and Dartmouth; possibly off Portland Bill
- FV South Stack Between Anglesey and the Isle of Man
In only one of these casualties, the Exuberant, was any report of possible submarine activity made to the inquiry and in that case it was established that no submarine was known to be in the area at the time.