We performed the usual burial service, and he is at his rest, sewn up in his hammock with a thirty-six pound shot at his head and his heels, off El
Giglio island. We bring to his widow his sword and cross of honor.
The cruise liner had struck rocks and partially sank off the Italy's
Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea in January 2012.
The Concordia rammed into a reef of
Giglio Island on January 13, 2012, after the captain brought it too close to shore.
The Costa Concordia hit rocks near
Giglio island off Italy's western coast.
The doomed cruise liner was carrying more than 4200 passengers and crew when it slammed into a reef off
Giglio island, Italy, last Friday after the captain allegedly made an unauthorised manoeuvre.
SUCCESSFUL OPERATION TO REFLAT THE WRECK OF COSTA CONCORDIA (EPA) - The wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship is prepared to be towed away near the port of
Giglio Island, Italy, July 14, 2014.
The cruise liner had struck rocks and partially sank off the Italy 's
Giglio Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea in January 2012, killing 32 of 4,200 people on board.
In January, the luxury Costa Concordia ship ran aground in shallows some 300 meters away from the Tuscany
Giglio Island. This led to a capsizing of the large vessel, after a 70 meter hole formed in the body of the ship, filling it with water.
The ship ripped a hole in its side off Italy's
Giglio Island two weeks ago, killing at least 17 people.