Three feared drowned as Turkish ship sinks off Italy

A ship leaves the Marina di Ravenna harbor, Italy, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014. The Italian Coast Guard says three crew members are missing after a Turkish cargo ship collided with a merchant vessel in choppy seas near the northern Adriatic port of Marina di Ravenna. AP Photo

Three seamen were missing, feared drowned after a Turkish-registered merchant ship sank off Italy Sunday following a collision with another vessel in rough seas, coastguards said.
      
The three were amongst 11 men who were aboard the Turkish vessel and another, Belize-registered, ship when they collided in storm conditions about two kilometers off the port of Ravenna on Italy's Adriatic coast.

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi confirmed on Twitter that there had been an incident off Ravenna involving a Turkish boat and said the government would be shortly issuing an update on the situation.
      
The accident occurred as Italy was attempting to coordinate the evacuation of hundreds of passengers and crew from a stricken ferry off the Greek island of Corfu, in the south of the Adriatic.
      
The ferry had been destined for the Italian port of Ancona when a fire broke out on board.

      

  

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