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Rescuers described the operation, which has been ongoing since Monday, as "complex", with

 Rescuers described the operation, which has been ongoing since Monday, as "complex",  with divers limited to 12-minute underwater .

A large coastguard vessel docked at port

After reports emerged that the final body had been found, a coastguard vessel which had been at the site of the shipwreck for hours could be seen back in the port.

Meanwhile, a helicopter landed nearby as divers took off their orange suits on the quayside.

A decision on whether to raise the sunken yacht from the seabed is "not on the agenda" but will be in the future, a spokesperson from the Italian Coastguard has said.

The ship was "practically intact" on the seabed, according to divers on the search and rescue team.

PA Media An Italian fire service dive team return to port on the fifth day of the search and recovery operationPA Media
An Italian fire service dive team pictured returning to port on

Hannah Lynch had recently finished her A-levels and had been offered a place to study English at the University of Oxford, according to the Times.

"We are all incredibly shocked by the news," a spokesperson for London's Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith, where Hannah was a former pupil, said.

"Our thoughts are with their family and everyone involved," they added.

Gracie Lea, a classmate of Hannah, described her as "easy to love: sincere, dedicated, fiercely intelligent and genuinely kind. I’ll always remember her smiling".

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