The white top and blue hull of the 56-metre-long Bayesian, covered with algae and mud, was visibly clear of the sea in a holding area of a yellow floating crane barge off the Sicilian port of Porticello. Crane ships were used to lift the wreck up from under the water. (Reuters: Danilo Arnone)

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht is set to be taken to the town where Italian prosecutors investigating the sinking are based.

Water is being pumped out of the Bayesian superyacht as the British vessel is gradually lifted out of the sea off the coast of Sicily.

Ten months after the luxury superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily in a sudden storm, salvage crews managed to lift it 50 meters (164 feet) from the seabed on Friday afternoon, the company running the $30 million recovery operation said.

A British-flagged luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, has been lifted out of the water as salvage recovery crews completed the operat

A luxury yacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing seven people, was lifted out of the water on Saturday as salvage crews completed the operation to bring it ashore for further investigation.