The captain ordered passengers and crew to abandon ship about an hour later.

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The Gorch Fock tall ship was ordered to dock in the Argentine city of Ushuaia to await experts, after reports of a revolt in November.

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Spanish authorities soon ordered the stricken ship to move farther off the coast.

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By the time the evacuation was ordered, the ship was listing so far to one side that many lifeboats could not be used.

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