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Aug 20 2024

Bayesian: What we know about the superyacht that sank | UK News

The Bayesian, the award-winning superyacht, sank during a tornado off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday.

The body of one person, believed to be the vessel’s Canadian chef, has been found, but six tourists – including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter, Hannah – remain missing.

Mr Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, was rescued along with 14 others – including Charlotte Golunski, a mother who told la Repubblica she held her one-year-old baby above the waves to save her from drowning.

The girl’s father James Emsley also survived, according to Salvo Cocina of Sicily’s civil protection agency.

Among those unaccounted for are Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer at major firm Clifford Chance, Mr Cocina said.

But what do we know about the ship?

The British-flagged 56 metre ship – previously called the Salute – was built in 2008 by Italian shipyard Perini Navi, and refitted in 2020.

Its 75-metre mast is the world’s tallest aluminium mast, and the second tallest overall. The yacht can reach a maximum speed of 15 knots and weighs 473 tonnes.

The French design house Remi Tessier fitted out the Japanese-style interior decor, with touches of light and dark beige and dark wood furnishings, as well as a teak deck.

It won the best exterior styling at The World Superyacht Awards in 2009, and best interior at the International Superyacht Society Awards 2008.

It has six guest bedrooms – one master, three doubles, and two twins – holding 12 people, and can carry another 10 crew members.

Shipspotting.com says it is owned by a firm called Revtom Limited. Mike Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares, is named as the sole shareholder of the firm on company documents.

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The yacht’s name would resonate with Mr Lynch because his PhD thesis and the software that made his fortune involved a statistical method known as Bayesian inference, based on an 18th-century theory, that helps forecasters predict outcomes more reliably.

The price to charter the yacht is not stated, but similar vessels are listed at around £170,500 a week.

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Oct 27 2023

Search called off for crew members missing after British cargo ship sank off coast of Germany | UK News

A search for four people missing after two ships crashed off the coast of Germany has been called off.

British-flagged cargo ship Verity sunk after it hit another boat – the Polesie – at around 5am on Tuesday, about 14 miles southwest of the island of Heligoland, in the North Sea.

Seven people were aboard Verity at the time. One person died and two were rescued and taken to hospital, where they remain.

Shortly afterward the collision a signal from the Verity was lost.

Rescue ships and aircraft involved in the search were unable to find the four missing crew members on Tuesday.

Divers sent down to the wreck of the Verity to check for any signs of life were unable to find anything.

Officials said the water temperature at the time of the collision was about 12C (54F), which experience has shown people can survive for about 20 hours.

Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said the entire sea area where the missing sailors might be was searched again during the night without results, and rescuers then stopped the search.

The Isle of Man Ship Registry said on Friday it was “saddened to confirm that the German Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre have called off their search and rescue operations and despite the best efforts of all involved, four crew members remain unaccounted for”.

“The Ship Registry’s thoughts are with the seafarers that sailed on board the Verity, their families, friends and loved ones,” it said.

It thanked all of those involved in the search and rescue efforts over the past days.

“The team will continue to work with the relevant authorities in the ongoing investigations being conducted by the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB),” it added.

Verity was headed from Bremen for the UK port of Immingham when the vessels collided.

The larger cargo ship involved in the collision – the Bahamas-flagged Polesie, which had 22 people on board – stayed afloat and was able to reach the German port of Cuxhaven.

The cause of the collision is still unknown.

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Dec 13 2022

Two bodies found after fishing boat sank off Jersey coast last week | UK News

Two bodies have been found close to where a fishing boat sank off the coast of Jersey last week, police have said.

A major search and rescue operation was launched when the L’Ecume II sank after colliding with a ship called the Commodore Goodwill at around 5.30am last Thursday.

All three people on board – skipper Michael Michieli and crew Larry Simyunn and Jervis Baligat – died.

The States of Jersey Police confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that two bodies have been discovered near the wreckage.

Recovery work had been ongoing since Sunday morning to locate the bodies of the three sailors.

In a statement, the force said: “The States of Jersey Police can confirm that two bodies have been located in the area of L’Ecume II.

“The search and recovery operation is ongoing and will continue while the weather permits.

“Family members continue to be supported by specially trained police family liaison officers.”

On Sunday, a large offshore support vessel commissioned by Ports of Jersey began using an underwater robot to conduct a detailed search.

A maritime exclusion zone is in place for the collision site and surrounding area.

A spokesperson for the Ports of Jersey said on Monday that two parallel investigations into the collision are continuing and likely to take several weeks to complete.

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