Editing Donald Campbell (section)

==Recovery of ''Bluebird K7'' and Campbell's body==
From 1996 to 2001, Bill Smith, an underwater surveyor and amateur diver,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bluebird reunited |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bluebird-reunited-1558627 |website=Chronicle Live North East News |date=7 December 2006 |access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> rediscovered the crash site and as a result of discussions with Gina Campbell, the daughter of Donald Campbell, and the wider Campbell family, a decision was taken to raise K7 to the surface.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Milliagan |first1=Mark |title=Heritage Groups in battle to "bring bluebird home" |url=https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/09/heritage-groups-in-battle-to-bring-bluebird-home/148452 |website=Heritage Daily |date=4 September 2023 |access-date=23 December 2024}}</ref> The wreckage of Campbell's craft was recovered by a diving team led by Bill Smith in association with Gilgeous Diving Services (GDS Extreme Engineering, Liverpool)<ref>BBC TV 2001 lift documentary</ref> Lifting K7 was run with GDS Extreme Engineering under Smith's team's lead. The main section/hull first raised in March 2001 and later in May 2001, when Campbell's body was recovered. The largest section, comprising approximately two-thirds of the centre hull, was raised on 8 March 2001. The project began when Smith was inspired to look for the wreck after hearing the [[Marillion]] song "Out of This World" (from the album ''[[Afraid of Sunlight]]''), which was written about Campbell and ''Bluebird''.<ref>{{Cite web | url= http://www.marillion.com/news/newsitem.htm| title= A Day in the Lakes | publisher=marillion.com | first=Steve | last=Hogarth | date=8 March 2001 | access-date=12 August 2014}}</ref>

The remains of Campbell's body were located just over two months later and recovered from the lake on 28 May 2001, still wearing his blue nylon overalls. On the night before his death, while playing cards he had drawn the queen and the ace of spades. Reflecting upon the fact that [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] had drawn the same two cards the night before she was beheaded, he told his mechanics, who were playing cards with him, that he had a fearful premonition that he was going to "get the chop".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disaster on the cards for the man who diced with death |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1325433/Disaster-on-the-cards-for-the-man-who-diced-with-death.html |access-date=28 June 2023 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=8 March 2001 }}</ref> It was not possible to determine the cause of Campbell's death, though a consultant engineer giving evidence to the inquest said that the force of the impact could have caused him to be decapitated.

[[File:DonaldCampbellsGravestone.jpg|thumb|right|Campbell's gravestone in Coniston]]

Campbell was buried in [[Coniston, Cumbria|Coniston]] Cemetery on 12 September 2001 after his coffin was carried down the lake, and through the measured kilometre, on a launch, one last time. A funeral service was then held at St Andrew's Church in Coniston, after an earlier, and positive DNA examination had been carried out.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1537909.stm|title=Final tribute to water speed king|date=12 September 2001|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102081922/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1537909.stm|archive-date=2 January 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> The funeral was attended by his widow, Tonia, daughter Gina, other members of his family, members of his former team and admirers. The funeral was overshadowed in the media by coverage of the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]] in the United States.

Campbell's sister, Jean Wales, had been against the recovery of her brother's body out of respect for his stated wish that, in the event of something going wrong, "Skipper and boat stay together".

When Campbell was buried in Coniston Cemetery on 12 September 2001 she did not attend the service. [[Steve Hogarth]], lead singer for Marillion, was present at the funeral and performed the song "Out of This World" solo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve Hogarth Marillion eonmusic Interview September 2019 |url=https://www.eonmusic.co.uk/steve-hogarth-marillion-eonmusic-interview-september-2019.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=eonmusic: music for life. |language=en}}</ref>