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Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said the "relentless selling" had continued despite investors "hoping the pain would go away".

"Meanwhile, Ernst Russ continues to offer all necessary assistance in support of the ongoing investigations."

Ernst Russ, the owners of the cargo vessel, said the Solong would be "fully assessed by specialist marine assessors and insurers".

German firm Ernst Russ, which owns the Solong, confirmed to the BBC that the man arrested is the master of the ship.

In 1812, a year of dramatic battles in North America, Europe and Russia, some Russians founded a Sonoma County outpost called Fort Ross, probably an Anglicized mangling of the word “Russ,” for Russia.