A tragedy at the 2010 Sea Cadet Festival.

Sea cadet, 14, dies after falling from ship in Solent

A 14-year-old sea cadet has died after falling overboard in the Solent.

The boy, from Kent, was on the training ship TS Royalist which was anchored at Stokes Bay south of Gosport, Hampshire.

He was climbing the rigging to bring in the sails when he fell 25ft (7.5m) into the sea on Sunday night. The crew retrieved him and sent a Mayday call.

The Solent Coastguard helicopter took him to the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth where he was pronounced dead on arrival. An investigation has begun.