Navy finds no-one to blame for submarine tragedy

Canada’s navy concluded today that no-one is to blame for the death of a young submariner who died following an electrical fire aboard a Canadian submarine last autumn.

Lieutenant Chris Saunders, 32, a member of the crew of HMCS Chicoutimi, died in October when fire crippled the vessel three days after it set sail from Scotland. The second-hand submarine, bought by Canada from Britain’s Royal Navy, caught fire on its maiden voyage under the Canadian flag.