Body washed up in Co Down 'belongs to missing Stenaline ferry passenger'

A body found on the shore of Holywood is reportedly that of a man missing from a Stenaline ferry.

Police confirmed the man had vanished on a Belfast-Scotland vessel on October 29​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​, the BBC​​​​​​​​​​​​​ said tonight.

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A Stenaline ferry

The disappearance was followed by a search and rescue operation at the time, but this proved fruitless.

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