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Article: Ship mutiny crew return to Russia.
- Article from:
- Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2007
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The mutinous crew of a ship anchored off the Lancashire coast have returned to Russia.
Workers from the Merchant Brilliant, which spent several days three miles off the coast of Heysham, barricaded themselves inside the ship in a protest over pay.
The crew had refused to come into port until their wages were paid by the company ADG Ship Management SIA - and wanted the ship to be impounded.
But following negotiations a financial settlement has been agreed and most of the crew have now left the ...