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{{AFC comment|1=Many of the sources do not mention Smith and the ones that do are his comments or brief mentions. In addition, much of content is not about Smith and this is written in a promotional non-neutral manner. [[User:S0091|S0091]] ([[User talk:S0091|talk]]) 15:40, 10 September 2024 (UTC)}}

'''BillWilliam Hammerton Smith''' (Williamborn Hammerton Smith b.May 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=KILTECH LIMITED people |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02890614/officers |website=Gov.UK |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref>) is a British underwater [[sonar]] (sound navigation and ranging) expert, [[Scuba diving|scuba]] diver (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) and engineersurveyor whose 1996 initiative led to identifying anew the location on the [[Coniston Water]] lake-bed of ''[[Bluebird K7]]'', the [[jet-engine]]d [[Hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]] in which [[Donald Campbell]] lost his life whilst attempting to push the [[Water speed record|water speed record]] beyond 300 mph in January 1967.▼

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▲'''Bill Smith''' (William Hammerton Smith b.May 1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=KILTECH LIMITED people |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02890614/officers |website=Gov.UK |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref> is a British underwater [[sonar]] (sound navigation and ranging) expert, [[Scuba diving|scuba]] diver (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) and engineer whose 1996 initiative led to identifying anew the location on the [[Coniston Water]] lake-bed of ''[[Bluebird K7]]'', the [[jet-engine]]d [[Hydroplane (boat)|hydroplane]] in which [[Donald Campbell]] lost his life whilst attempting to push the [[Water speed record]] beyond 300 mph in January 1967.

==Underwater exploration==

Bill Smith with his team undertook many high profile deep water searches including those for [[German battleship Tirpitz]] off [[Tromsø]] in Norway and the wreck of [[HMS Unity|HMS ''Unity'']], a [[Second World War]] [[U-class submarine]] in [[Blyth]] on the [[Northumberland]] coast.{{FACT|date=October Also,2024}}
He inwas thealso UKinvolved [[Lake District]],in two searches at UllswaterUllwater and at Coniston Water wherein hethe was[[Lake involvedDistrict]], inas part of a search for evidence in the re-opened [[Lady in the Lake trial]] inquiry into the disappearance of Carol Ann Park.{{FACT|date=October 2024}}
Most widely reported was the work surrounding the search for ''Bluebird K7''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lomax |first1=Sophie |title=Bluebird's wreck found in Coniston Water |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/05/2 |website=The Guardian |date=5 February 2001 |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref>

Bill Smith was involved in the exploration of the wreck of [[HMHS Britannic|HMHS ''Britannic'']],<ref>{{cite web |title=The Million-Dollar Dive |url=https://divernet.com/world-dives/the-million-dollar-dive/ |website=Diver Net |date=2 August 2023 |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref>, (a sister ship to ''[[Titanic]]''), in order to ascertain the reasons for its sinking. It''Britannic'''s wreck site is considered to be a [[war grave]] by the UK Government.<ref>{{cite web |title=20 Years: The secrets of the Britannic |url=https://indepthmag.com/20-years-the-secrets-of-the-britannic/#:~:text=In%201975%2C%20underwater%20explorer%20Jacques,since%20its%20discovery%20by%20Cousteau. |website=In Depth Magazine | date=31 October 2019 |access-date=15 May 2024}}</ref> A number of mine anchors<ref>{{cite web |last1=Michailakis |first1=Michail |title=Hospital Ship Britannic |url=https://hmhsbritannic.weebly.com/theories.html |website=HMHS Britannic |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref> were located off the wreck, confirming the German records of U-73 that ''Britannic'' was sunk by a single mine.

==Recovery of ''Bluebird K7''==

Using adapted [[Side-scan sonar|side scan sonar]] technology, a diving team led by Bill Smith,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lomax |first1=Sophie |title=Bluebird's wreck found in Coniston Water |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/feb/05/2 |website=The Guardian |date=5 February 2001 |access-date=14 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-68434707.amp | title='Spite, anger and miracles': The Battle for Bluebird | date=8 March 2024 }}</ref> located anew the lake-bed site of K7, with the body of Donald Campbell.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Knowles Arthur |first1=Beech Graham |title=The Bluebird Years: Donald Campbell and the Pursuit of Speed |date=2001 |publisher=Sigma Leisure |isbn=9781850587668 |pages=161–163}}</ref> The team worked towards K7's subsequent recovery.<ref>{{cite web |title=K7 is Raised |url=http://www.acrossthelake.com/recovery.html |website=K7 Recovery |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref> The wreckage was recovered between October 2000, when the first small sections were raised, March 2001 when the wreckage was brought ashore and May 2001, when Donald Campbell's body was retrieved from the lake on 28 May 2001 in the presence of DMCCampbell's only daughter [[Gina Campbell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Campbell, Gina |url=https://leatherheadhistoryarchive.org/gina-campbell/ |website=Leatherhead & District Local History Society Archive |date=29 April 2018 |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref>

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