PALERMO, Sicily, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Rescue teams were

getting ready in Sicily to resume a search for six missing

people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his

daughter, after a luxury yacht was struck by a violent storm and

sank on Monday, killing one on board.

The British-flagged "Bayesian," a 56-metre-long (184-ft)

sailboat, which was carrying 22 people, was anchored just off

the port of Porticello when it was hit by ferocious weather.

Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International

and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer at Clifford Chance who

represented Lynch in a long-standing trial in the U.S., were

among the missing.

The wives of both men were also unaccounted for, Salvatore

Cocina, head of Civil Protection in Sicily, told Italian media.

Specialist divers had reached the ship on Monday at a depth

of some 50 metres, but access was limited due to objects in the

way, the fire brigade said.

Fifteen people had escaped before the boat went down,

including Lynch's wife, Angela Bacares, who owned the boat, and

a one-year-old girl.

On Monday, rescue teams recovered the body of the yacht's

onboard chef, identified as Antiguan citizen Ricardo Thomas.