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Mike Lynch’s Sunken Yacht Bayesian Lifted From Sea Floor Off Sicily
- Salvage workers raised the British-flagged luxury superyacht Bayesian from the seabed off Sicily on June 20, 2025.
- The Bayesian sank on August 19, 2024, after being struck by a violent storm with wind speeds over 70 knots while moored near Porticello, Sicily.
- Mike Lynch, the billionaire owner, his 18-year-old daughter, and five others died when the yacht capsized violently within minutes of the storm hitting.
- Captain Nick Sloane, who led the Costa Concordia salvage in 2014, described this recovery as complex, explaining they would stabilise the yacht off the seabed and inspect rigging points before lifting.
- The raised yacht's investigation and preservation of evidence will continue, with the recovery highlighting safety and legal implications from the tragedy.
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10 months after sinking, superyacht is lifted from the seafloor off Sicily
Ten months after it sank, Mike Lynch’s superyacht was lifted from the seafloor on Saturday, June 21. The “Bayesian” yacht went down off the coast of Sicily, killing Lynch, his daughter and five others in 2024. Fifteen people, including a one-year-old child, were rescued from the scene. The ship sank after a waterspout hit it. The superyacht went down in just 60 seconds and sank 164 feet below the surface, despite being designed to withstand seve…
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DNyuzBayesian superyacht lifted off seabed
Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others died when the Bayesian yacht sank off Porticello, near Palermo, in August 2024. 15 others survived. Italian authorities are continuing to conduct a full criminal investigation.
HMS Bayesian Raised After Deadly Sicily Sinking - American Faith
A British-flagged superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech mogul Mike Lynch and six others, has partially resurfaced in a major salvage effort. The 184-foot Bayesian was lifted from the seabed Saturday by TMC Maritime, nearly 10 months after it capsized during a violent storm near Palermo. The yacht, which had served as the site of a celebration cruise following Lynch’s U.S. acquittal on fraud charges, went down on August 19,…
Sunken luxury superyacht lifted out of the water off Sicily as salvage operate completes
PORTICELLO, Italy — A British-flagged luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, was lifted fully out of the water on Saturday afternoon as salvage recovery crews completed the operation to bring it ashore for further investigation.
Berliner Morgenpost
The recovery of the luxury yacht "Bayesian" is in full swing – authorities hope for new insights.
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