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Derbyshire inquiry opens

The first maritime inquiry to be opened by an attorney general since that on the Titanic , the second inquiry into the loss of 90,000 ton ore/bulk/oil carrier Derbyshire has opened. One of six ships of the same design, this largest UK-built ship was lost – with 44 lives – in the South China Sea in 1980.

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