Video: Costa Concordia lifeboat escape captured on camera With the ship's lights providing the only illumination, the amateur footage shows the lifeboat alongside the listing Costa Concordia on its starboard side, its cabins clearly seen to be sinking below the water line. A 160ft gash was torn in the 114,500 tonne ship's hull after it struck a rocky reef a few hundred yards from shore on Friday, causing it to take on large quantities of water in minutes and list violently. The 4,200 passengers and crew were then told to abandon ship. The Concordia capsized after the captain, Francesco Schettino, tried to turn around and head into the island's port in an apparent attempt to make it easier to evacuate. The death toll from the disaster, one of the worst in the cruise industry's recent history, has risen to six after rescuers discovered three more victims, including the bodies of two elderly men wearing life vests inside the vessel.