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From Torbay and Dart lifeboats join coastguard in search for missing wreck diver | This is South Devon
Rescuers searched in vain for a diver who disappeared while exploring a wreck yesterday.
The man, in his 40s, was diving the Benton Castle wreck at Start Bay, near Dartmouth, when he went missing.
His diving group searched for half an hour before raising the alarm at 12.15pm.
RNLI lifeboat and coastguard rescue teams from Torbay and Dartmouth were involved in the search, along with the coastguard rescue helicopter and civilian vessels, but the search was called off yesterday evening after a five-hour search.