The deaths of two fishermen on a French trawler which sank in UK waters were accidental and not caused by a submarine, an inquest has found, reports the BBC.
The Bugaled Breizh sank off the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, in January 2004.
Lawyers for the French victims' families have always maintained that a submarine in the area could have struck the boat and pulled it down.
But at the High Court, Judge Nigel Lickley QC concluded there was no submarine involvement in the sinking.
Five men died in the incident but only the bodies of skipper Yves Marie Gloaguen, 45, and Pascal Lucien Floch, 49, were recovered in a search operation.
The judge, who acted as coroner for the inquest, said the vessel was likely to have sunk due to a snagging of its equipment on the seabed which forced it to stop and take on water.