Dramatic footage has captured the moment a 40-metre superyacht sank into the Mediterranean sea after being battered in a storm.
The 40-metre-long luxury vessel was sailing from Gallipoli to Milazzo overnight on Saturday when it got into trouble around 15km from Italy’s Catanzaro Marina.
Footage shows the yacht, named My Saga, rapidly disappearing beneath waves, as lifeboats appear to float beside it.
The captain sent out a distress call to the Port Authority of Crotone, with officials told the yacht was taking on a significant amount of water from the stern.
The Italian coastguard dispatched two patrol vessels and rescued all four passengers and five crew members on board.
A tugboat sent out at dawn was unable to save the superyacht from sinking because of worsening weather conditions, the Super Yacht Times reports. The Saga finally sank at around 1pm on Sunday.
The outlet reports the yacht, which was built in Monaco back in 2007, was flying under the Cayman Islands flag with an all-Italian crew when it sunk.
An investigation has been launched into the cause.
It comes after a £6 million superyacht sunk after it went up in flames in the UK on the Torquay harbourside.
The 85ft vessel was consumed by fire, with thick black smoking billowing into the sky.
The yacht reportedly drifted out into the harbour after the fire burnt through ropes securing it to the pier, but the vessel was later secured by the fire service.
A fire service statement revealed that the vessel contained approximately 8000 litres of diesel fuel.
