A NORTH-EAST sailor died after he fell under a boat and suffered severe neck injuries from the vessel's propellers in the Caribbean, the Royal Navy said last night.
Marine engineering mechanic Michael McCarthy, 21, from Gateshead, fell from a private boat as it prepared to dock at Kingstown, the capital of St Vincent, on Saturday.
Mr McCarthy and fellow crew members of HMS Manchester, a Type 42 destroyer, were returning from a diving trip when the accident happened.
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