Body found in search for swimmer who went missing in early hours of morning
A swimmer who went missing off the Kent coast at Margate in the early hours of the morning has died.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said the woman’s body was found three hours after she was reported missing at 3am on Saturday morning.
A mass search was launched to find the swimmer including two RNLI lifeboats with support from the coastguard and local emergency services.
Search teams covered areas near Margate harbour and Nayland Rock as well as further east to allow for tidal drift.
The body of a woman was discovered around three hours into the search by members of the RNLI’s shore crew.
The South East Coast Ambulance Service attended and the woman was declared dead at the scene. The search was then called off.
The RNLI said it passed on ‘deep condolences’ to the family and friends of the dead woman.
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