4 h. ago British superyacht resurfaces for first time since tragic sinking

A British superyacht that sank off Sicily last August, claiming seven lives, has resurfaced for the first time as salvage crews prepare to haul it ashore for further investigation.

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4 h. ago Mike Lynch’s superyacht Bayesian raised from seabed off Sicily

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter were among seven killed when vessel sank during storm last AugustMike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, has been resurfaced for the first time since it sank during a violent storm off the coast of Sicily in August last year, killing seven people including the tech tycoon and his teenage daughter.The white top and blue hull of the 56-metre (184ft) vessel emerged from the depths of the sea in a holding area of a yellow floating crane barge, as salvage crews readied it to be hauled ashore for further investigation. The Italian coastguard said the recovery was scheduled to begin on Saturday morning. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Moment Mike Lynch's Bayesian superyacht is raised from the seabed ten months after it sank killing tycoon and six others off Sicily

The white top and blue hull of the 56-meter (184-foot) Bayesian emerged from the depths of the sea in a holding area of a yellow floating crane barge.

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5 h. ago British superyacht Bayesian resurfaces for 1st time since August sinking ahead of recovery

The British superyacht that sank off Sicily last August killing seven people has resurfaced for the first time

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31 h. ago What caused the Bayesian to sink? Superyacht to be raised from seabed 10 months after tragedy

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily

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51 h. ago Mike Lynch’s tragic superyacht to be finally raised from Sicily seabed this weekend

The mast has been left on the seabed for future retrieval

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51 h. ago Doomed superyacht Bayesian will be brought to the surface within days in £20m Italian salvage operation ten months after it sank in storm killing seven including Brit tycoon

Doomed super yacht Bayesian will be seen for the first time on Saturday as a mammoth £20 million operation to bring her to the surface begins. 

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9 d. ago Bayesian yacht that sank off Sicily killing 7 to be raised in late June under updated recovery plan

A salvage company plans to lift the luxury yacht Bayesian in late June from the Sicilian seabed where it sank last summer, killing seven people

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2 w. ago Deep sea diver crushed by giant underwater hammer wins huge payout

Allan Peacock returned to work on the seabed 18 months after losing a leg

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3 w. ago Bayesian's watery grave:  Wreck where billionaire Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others died is pictured... and the hatch that was initially blamed for disaster

Captured in astonishing detail by a renowned photographer, it shows the gold letters of the doomed vessel's name still proudly displayed on the submerged stern.

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3 w. ago Mother has baby taken away and is ARRESTED after breastfeeding struggles opened legal can of worms

Alandria Seabron, 29, was indicted last month on charges of injury to a child with reckless bodily injury after her infant daughter was found to have a broken arm.

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last month ‘That damned night’: Porticello awaits the truth about Bayesian sinking

The Sicilian fishing village is watching the salvage of Mike Lynch’s superyacht for answers to the causes of the tragedy Some say that the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s superyacht, Bayesian, sank because it was vulnerable to high winds that drove the vessel past its point of stability. Others insist that a chain of human errors led to the incident that claimed seven lives, including Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah.But in the quiet Sicilian fishing village of Porticello – where on 19 August 2024 the Bayesian was caught shortly before dawn in a violent storm while anchored off coast – everyone knows the truth lies 50 metres below the surface, in the wreckage of a yacht that divers, floating cranes and underwater drones are still struggling to bring back from the depths of the ocean. Continue reading...

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