coroner ruled his wife had drowned accidentally in a diving tragedy.

Mr. Peter Frymann revealed he would be taking action against Paget-based Fantasea Diving.

Earlier, he had broken down after coroner the Wor. John Judge delivered his verdict.

He ruled tragic English holidaymaker Eileen Frymann had died from "sea water drowning'' on her first scuba dive off Bermuda.

But the Wor. John Judge went on to call for Bermuda's aqualung and diving regulations to meet "acceptable'' international standards.

Mr. Frymann, an accountant, welcomed the coroner's plea, saying: "I don't want anything like this ever to happen again.'' He added: "My only concern is to ensure no other family has to go through what we've been through.'' Mr. Alan Dunch, lawyer for Fantasea Diving, said: "I feel it was the only verdict the coroner could have come to.

"It was a very sad unfortunate incident occasioned through no fault of anyone.'' Earlier, the inquest heard Government was already reviewing aqualung and diving regulations.

And the officer who handled the investigation, P.c. Laurence Fox, a qualified diving instructor, gave his own recommendations.

They included: A review of the regulations.

Annual licensing of diving businesses. Currently only boats are licensed.

Ensure resuscitators are on board boats.

Mrs. Frymann, 46, a medical secretary from Beckenham, Kent, died while scuba diving near The Constellation wreck off Somerest on April 22 last year.

With her were her husband, daughter Abigail, and an American couple.

The group was supervised by Mr. Patrick Christy and Mr. Michael Heslop, from Fantasea Diving.

Mr. Heslop, owner of the business, said he stayed on the boat during the dive.

His colleague instructed the divers, descending into the water with them.

Mr. Heslop told how he had seen Mrs. Frymann come to the surface about 15 minutes later.

She was about 50ft away, her arms flailing, and screaming: "help! help!'', before sinking very quickly.

Mr. Heslop said he jumped into the water to swim to Mrs. Frymann..

As he was doing so, he saw Mr. Christy surface and told him about Mrs.

Frymann's calls for help.

Mrs. Frymann was spotted by her daughter, and pulled on to the boat by Mr.

Christy.

Despite repeated efforts to revive her, she was later pronounced dead at hospital.

The bereaved family's lawyer, Mr. Justin Williams, questioned Mr. Heslop about the company's diving guidelines.

Mr. Heslop accepted his firm's resort course for beginners did not strictly follow guidelines of the California-based Professional Association of Diving Instructors.

And he agreed PADI's recommended ratio of divers to instructors on a beginner's course at the time was four to one.

But Mr. Heslop said he had followed procedure of two other companies, Dive Bermuda and South Side Scuba.

Mr. Heslop also admitted the boat's licence had expired when the incident occurred.