The maker of Mike Lynch's yacht says it took 16 minutes to sink and the crew should have had time to rescue passengers

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An emergency service boat is surrounded by sea off the coast of Sicily.
Italian emergency services are searching the area where Mike Lynch's superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily.

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Tributes for Hannah Lynch, 18, as last body is recovered from sunken superyacht

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Hannah Lynch with her father Mike Lynch. Both are believed to have died when a superyacht sank off Sicily.

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Mike Lynch's yacht was state-of-the-art and shouldn't have sunk so easily, search-and-rescue expert says

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Three recovery and search boats are shown in the sea near the site of the superyacht disaster in Sicily.
The recovery operation continues after Mike Lynch was confirmed dead in the superyacht disaster near Sicily.

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Tech tycoon Mike Lynch among the dead in superyacht wreck off the Italian coast

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Mike Lynch founded British software company Autonomy in 1996.

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There are 3 main reasons Mike Lynch's superyacht may have sunk. None give much hope for finding more survivors.

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An emergency service boat is surrounded by sea off the coast of Sicily.
Italian emergency services are searching the area where Mike Lynch's superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily.

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Divers found cases of 150-year-old sparkling wine in a shipwreck off the coast of Sweden — and it might still be drinkable

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A row of silt-covered champagne or sparlking wine bottles amidst ship wreckage found at the bottom of the Balstic Sea in July 2024.
Divers say they found at least 100 sparkling wine bottles alongside ceramics in a shipwreck off Sweden in July 2024.

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YouTuber helps researchers solve the mystery of a 2,000-year-old 'computer'

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A fragment of the 2,200-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, believed to be the earliest surviving mechanical computing device, is seen at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

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Well-Preserved Bronze Age Shipwreck 'Changes Our Entire Understanding' of Ancient Mariners

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A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of Israel has stumbled upon a 3,300-year-old ship on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, its cargo still intact. The wreck was found about 56 miles (90 kilometers) from the coast, a surprising distance from land for such an ancient vessel.

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Ernest Shackleton's Last Ship Found on the Ocean Floor Near Canada's East Coast

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The last ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton was found at the bottom of the Labrador Sea this week, sitting upright and intact at a depth of 1,280 feet (390 meters). The ship called Quest sank in 1962, 40 years after the famous explorer’s death.

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The incredible life of Titanic's youngest survivor, who lived to 97 and refused to see James Cameron's movie

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Millvina Dean was just 2 months old when she boarded the Titanic.

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