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Almost 60 years after its disappearance, the “Ravenel” is still wanted by the relatives of the victims. A disappearance that marked many people in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Reporting.
On the coasts of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, this is probably the last chance expedition to find the traces of the “Ravenel”, a trawler that left almost 60 years ago and whose remains have never been found. slightest trace. “We are looking for something small, which is not in a very good condition, in a huge search area“, explains a woman, accompanied by a robot allowing to probe the seabed. The robot sent to sea has one goal: to find the tracks of the trawler.”For 60 years, we have been waiting“, said Sybil Olano, son of one of the victims.
In January 1962, the Ravenel set sail with about fifteen men to catch fish. But as of January 29, 1962, the boat has still not returned. Impossible to know where and when the trawler disappeared. Pierette Urdanabia did not cling to the hope of seeing André, her husband, alive. “As soon as I heard [la nouvelle], I said ‘it’s over, he won’t come‘”Says the woman. A shipwreck that will have shattered the lives of many women and children. For some, the mourning is still not done, while the State has planned to continue research in 2022.