A French trawler that went down off the coast of Cornwall, killing five crew, sank after snagging on the seabed, an inquest has found.
The fate of the Bugaled Breizh has been shrouded in mystery since it sank off the Lizard Peninsula in 2004 in relatively favourable conditions and with no apparent defects to the vessel.
The bodies of skipper Yves Marie Gloaguen, 45, and Pascal Lucien Le Floch, 49, were found in the initial search and rescue operation and brought back to the UK.
The body of a third man, Patrick Gloaguen, 35, was recovered during a salvage operation to raise the Bugaled Breizh but was taken to France, and his death was not subject of the inquest.
The bodies of the two remaining crew members, Georges Lemetayer, 60, and Eric Guillamet, 42, were never found.
It has long been suggested that a submarine may have become entangled in the Bugaled Breizh's trawling gear, causing it to capsize.
The Bugaled Breizh, pictured right, sank off the coast of The Lizard in 2004 in relatively calm conditions amid claims it had been sunk by a submarine
But in 2016, France's top judicial court confirmed the closure of its investigation after finding no evidence to support the theory.
But the inquest heard the relatively light damage to the vessel's trawling gear was inconsistent with entanglement with a powerful military submarine.
Judge Nigel Lickley QC, who acted as coroner for the inquest at the High Court in London, said it was 'wholly fanciful' that an unknown submarine had caused the sinking.
'The Bugaled Breizh had disappeared in a few minutes leaving very little behind. I can understand how thoughts can develop afterwards,' Judge Lickley said.
'I have no doubt that the fact a submarine was seen at the scene - doing nothing other than assisting in the search - caused
