JEREMY McKinney (27) is acknowledged to have been a skilled and competent skipper of the Carrickatine. He had tried various jobs "on land" but eventually decided to be a fisherman.
He completed the skippers course at the National Fishery Training Centre, in Greencastle, about four years ago.
Jeremy, from nearby Moville, had taken over as skipper of the Carrickatine about six months ago. One of a family of five, he and his brother, Conal, had been interested in buying the trawler.
Conal McKinney (29), the brother of the skipper, had worked in computers in the UK but decided to return home and become a fisherman. The Moville man was known as a very good musician who played the guitar.
John Kelly (38), the only married man in the crew, was the father of six children, ranging from 6 years to 18. The family lives near Carndonagh where his wife, Josephine, has been waiting to hear news of her husband and son, Stephen.
Mr Kelly was a fisherman for many years and was crew on the Carrickatine since it was taken over by Jeremy McKinney about six months ago.
Stephen Kelly (16) had just begun his career as a fisherman. He left school following his Junior Certificate at Carndonagh Community School to join the crew of the Carrickatine last summer. He was the second eldest in the family of six.
Terry Doherty (23) was raised in the US, but the family returned to Greencastle some years ago. Before moving to Co Donegal, he worked in a US bank. A cousin of the Kellys, he had been fishing for the past few years.
Bernard Gormley (18) celebrated his birthday the day the Carrickatine disappeared. The third eldest of six children, he began fishing two years ago.