Moment 14m superyacht catches hearth off the coast of Sardinia and sinks

This is the dramatic moment a £14m superyacht owned by the founder of troubled grocery app Getir caught fire and sunk off the coast of Sardinia.

Sixteen passengers and crew escaped from the Atina before it was completely engulfed in flames on Saturday evening whilst it was moored in the Gulf of Olbia. 

The tourists, who were from Turkey, were collected by firefighters and coastguards and there were no reported injuries.

Among those on board is believed to be Serkan Borancili who owned the 47-m-long vessel. The entrepreneur co-founded the grocery delivery app Getir in 2015. 

Footage from the Olbia Coast Guard shows the yacht sinking while being doused with an extinguisher. 

This is the dramatic moment a £14m superyacht owned by the founder of troubled grocery app Getir caught fire and sunk off the coast of Sardinia

Sixteen passengers and crew escaped from the Atina before it was completely engulfed in flames on Saturday evening whilst it was moored in the Gulf of Olbia

The tourists, who were from Turkey, were collected by firefighters and coastguards and there were no reported injuries

Pictured: Serkan Borancili who co-founded the troubled grocery app Getir 

Footage from the Olbia Coast Guard shows the yacht sinking while being doused with an extinguisher

It ended up on the seabed about 7m deep and local media has said that clean-up operations are currently underway. 

The yacht was carrying about 50,000 litres of fuel, but the Olbia Port Authority said no spills had been detected.

The Atina was sold in 2021 for more than £14million and it won an award at the World Superyacht Awards in 2009.

The fire began in the superyacht’s engine compartment but the cause of the fire is currently being investigated.