Mapping the Route of the Adriana Disaster

In the very early hours of June 14th the Adriana, a fishing boat overcrowded with migrants, capsized in international waters off the coast of Pylos, Messenia, Greece. It is believed that the boat was carrying 400 to 750 migrants. 104 people were rescued by the Greek coastguard but hundreds died.

The Washington Post has created an animated map which tracks the last journey of the Adriana and its interactions with other vessels and the Greek coastguard before it sank killing over 600 people. As you scroll through the Post's story Tracing a Tragedy: How Hundreds of Migrants Died on Greece's Watch you follow the Adriana's journey from Libya across the Mediterranean to its sinking off the coast of Greece. 

The Post has used satellite imagery, ship tracking data, and the coordinates recorded in distress calls and official reports & testimony to reconstruct the route of the Adriana and the events that led up to its sinking on the 14th June. The Post claims that its reconstruction of the Adriana's last hours "casts doubt on the .., main claims by Greek officials and suggests that the deadliest Mediterranean shipwreck in years was a preventable tragedy". After the reconstructed timeline of the Adriana's last hours the Post deconstructs four of these claims in some detail.