Dignitaries and sailors crowded into a Nova Scotia church today for the funeral of a Canadian submarine crew member killed by an onboard fire in the North Atlantic last week.

THE body of the Canadian seaman who died following a fire on the stricken submarine, Chicoutimi, was returned home yesterday after a joint Irish-Canadian military and religious service at Dublin Airport.

A short religious and military ceremony will take place at Dublin Airport tomorrow for the Canadian Lieutenant who died following the fire on board a Canadian submarine off the Donegal coast.