Since Mr. Foschi made those comments, on Monday, Italian authorities disclosed a timeline, noting Mr. Schettino's ship struck the rock formation at 9:45 p.m.

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He said the rock the ship struck was not indicated on his charts of the area.

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He has said the rock the ship struck was not indicated on his charts of the area.

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Musicians and fans are all on board the 3, 000-passenger cruise ship Poesia for a five-night rock cruise through the Caribbean.

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In the mid-sixties, when the BBC was still monopolizing radio in Great Britain, a rogue operator, broadcasting from a ship anchored in the North Sea, plays rock to a country that could only hear the Beatles and the Stones live or by going to a record store.

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Upon making its approach to Giglio's tiny port, the Costa Concordia hit a rock that sent water gushing into its hull as the ship silently glided past the port.

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The station, established in 1955, is built on volcanic rock on Ross Island, the solid ground farthest south that is accessible by ship, according to the NSF, an independent U.S. government agency.

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Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation into the shipwreck, detaining the ship's captain, Francesco Schettino, for questioning while top Italian officials criticized the ship for sailing so close to the shore of the island of Giglio, causing it to strike a rock formation just off the coast of the island.

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