Two UK scuba divers’ bodies have been recovered – one of a man who went missing in Scapa Flow on Sunday (27 June), the other of a wreck-diver lost off the Cornish coast 11 days ago.
In Orkney, the as-yet unnamed diver was reported missing shortly before 3pm. A search was launched in areas around the small islands Barrel of Butter and Cava.
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The Coastguard helicopter, Stromness, Longhope and Thurso lifeboats and local boats took part in the operation, which continued until 2am the following morning and resumed in daylight.
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It was called off in the afternoon when the body believed to be that of the diver was recovered.
Meanwhile the body of 39-year-old Ben Snape from Leek in Staffordshire, who went missing on the afternoon of 17 June, as reported on Divernet, has now been recovered by police divers.
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Snape, described as an experienced diver, had been diving a wreck off Pendennis Point but failed to resurface. A search of Falmouth Bay had continued for some days before eventually being called off. Devon and Cornwall Police said that the death was not being treated as suspicious and a report was being prepared for the coroner.
