Mawhinney, who led the service on the town's wharf, said the ties between Gloucester and Lunenburg go back generations and the deaths of the three Americans affected both communities.
The dead fishermen's widows have filed a $6 million US lawsuit. Three members of its Russian crew are facing charges.
The oil tanker Virgo, now being held in Newfoundland, is suspected of ramming the trawler. 9, 2001: Mounties take over suspect ship investigation The men from Gloucester, Maine were lost at sea after their boat Starbound was struck by another vessel. Coast Guard cutter took part in the service, carrying one of many memorial wreaths to a fishing trawler.
Lunenburg's mayor, Laurence Mawhinney, said it would appropriate at the annual service to honour three American fishermen who died earlier this month in a hit-and-run accident off the coast of Massachusetts. A picturesque town in Nova Scotia took time Sunday to remember local fishermen who died at sea and this year, there was a special added tribute.
