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Diver found near Kyarra shipwreck may be missing BSAC diver

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DORSET, UK (10 August 2007) -- The body of a diver has been brought ashore after it was found near a First World War shipwreck where a Northamptonshire man went missing two years ago.

A man from Surrey discovered the body on the seabed 400ft from the Kyarra wreck while he was diving off the coast of Swanage, Dorset, on Wednesday.

Avon and Somerset police divers brought the body ashore today as well as dive equipment found alongside it.

The families of two divers who went missing in August 2005 have been informed but formal identification by DNA is expected to take several weeks.

The body was in 30 metres of water and wearing a dive suit, a Dorset police spokesman said.

A 48-year-old woman from Cambridgeshire and a 22-year-old male from Northamptonshire both went missing while diving off the wreck in August 2005.

The missing Northants man is Mark Steel, of Langdon Close, Daventry, who wasn't found despite huge police efforts two years ago.

He was a member of the Northampton Sub-Aqua Club, and had also represented the England speedway team at under-21 level.

He had successfully completed more than 80 dives in the brief two-year period he had taken up the sport.

 

Scuba death

The 6,953 ton Kyarra was sunk by a German torpedo in 1918 killing all six crew on board.

The Australian steamer is one of the best known wrecks along the south coast and is popular with divers.

Police said there were no suspicious circumstances and the coroner has been informed.

SOURCE - Northhampton Chronicle

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