A British superyacht that sank off Sicily last August, claiming seven lives, has resurfaced for the first time as salvage crews prepare to haul it ashore for further investigation.

Doomed super yacht Bayesian will be seen for the first time on Saturday as a mammoth £20 million operation to bring her to the surface begins.

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily