Appeal under way for fishermen’s families

Saturday 14th January 2006, 12:00AM GMT.

AN appeal began today to raise money for the families of the French fishermen killed when their boat sank off Alderney.

Five men died in the tragedy on 5 January, leaving 11 children aged between three and 13 with no fathers.

French authorities now strongly believe that the 15-metre long, wooden longliner was run down by a 9,200 ton Maltese chemical-carrying cargo ship.

The ship did not stop and its crew have said they were not aware that there might have been a collision.

They are reported as saying they saw a light, but received no sonar or radio signals and therefore thought it was a buoy.

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