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Police Divers Find Two Bodies In Sunk Fishing Trawler Off Queensland Coast

The recovery operation continues.
The trawler sank on Monday night.
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The trawler sank on Monday night.

The bodies of two men have been recovered from a fishing trawler that sank off the Queensland coast earlier this week.

An exclusion zone has been set up around the site of the vessel that went down off the state's central coast.

Six men are believed to have died when the fishing boat, named Dianne, sank in heavy seas on Monday night.

Fishing trawler found by police divers after sinking off the Queensland coast. Men still missing. Divers to return to vessel today. #7Newspic.twitter.com/vgPOab5bxG

— 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) October 20, 2017

A recovery operation will start this morning, for a fishing trawler that capsized and sank off Queensland's central coast. #9Todaypic.twitter.com/ZA0OUWNX1G

— The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) October 20, 2017

The two drowned men found have not yet been identified, while the search continues for the other fishermen.

The recovered bodies were found in the wheelhouse of the vessel, police told the ABC.

Only one of the crew is thought to have survived the sinking. He was rescued after he clung to the overturned hull for several hours.

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