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| Inquest over Russian crew deaths on MV Swanland | Inquest over Russian crew deaths on MV Swanland |
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| An inquest has opened into the deaths of six Russians sailors who died when their cargo ship sank off the coast of Gwynedd in November 2011. | |
| Just two of the eight-man crew survived when the MV Swanland sank as it carried quarry stone from a jetty near Llanddulas, near Colwyn Bay. | Just two of the eight-man crew survived when the MV Swanland sank as it carried quarry stone from a jetty near Llanddulas, near Colwyn Bay. |
| The wreck was later found one mile off the Welsh coast at a depth of 80 metres. | The wreck was later found one mile off the Welsh coast at a depth of 80 metres. |
| The hearing in Caernarfon is expected to last three days. | The hearing in Caernarfon is expected to last three days. |
| Leonid Safonov, 50, Mikhail Starchevoy, 60, Oleg Andriets, 49, Gennadiy Meshkov, 52, Yury Shmelev, 44, and Sergey Kharchenko, 51, all died. | Leonid Safonov, 50, Mikhail Starchevoy, 60, Oleg Andriets, 49, Gennadiy Meshkov, 52, Yury Shmelev, 44, and Sergey Kharchenko, 51, all died. |
| Two crew members, Roman Savin, 27, and Vitaliy Karpenko, 48, survived the incident. | Two crew members, Roman Savin, 27, and Vitaliy Karpenko, 48, survived the incident. |
| The inquest heard that Mr Safonov's body was the only one recovered and a post-mortem examination showed he had drowned. | The inquest heard that Mr Safonov's body was the only one recovered and a post-mortem examination showed he had drowned. |
| North West Wales Senior Coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones told the jury of seven he would be asking them to consider if the other men died in the same way. | North West Wales Senior Coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones told the jury of seven he would be asking them to consider if the other men died in the same way. |
| Paul Mangnall, the supervisor at Raynes Jetty where the ship docked, said it was loaded in the same way as it had been on other occasions. | |
| Glyn Aled Jones, a part-time shipping agent with responsibility for sorting paperwork regarding the ship and her load, said there was nothing unusual with the ship or the loading of it that day. | |
| The hearing continues. |