<i>Divers Preparing for Work</i>. Front cover illustration of the February 8, 1873 <i>The Illustrated London News</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> While not labelled explicitly, the Wreck of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northfleet_(ship)" class="extiw" title="en:Northfleet (ship)">Northfleet</a>, a major naval disaster, occurred on the 22nd of January, and an article in a previous issue mentions divers being sent to recover the bodies and other remains. It would presumably have been obvious what they were doing to readers of the time.
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8 February 1873<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1873-02-08T00:00:00Z/11</div>
The Illustrated London News