Dramatic moment cruise ship DESTROYS Italian marina as its wake sends speedboats crashing into wooden pier

A QUIET marina is destroyed by the powerful wash from a cruise ship's propellers as it sails out of port in Italy.

Small boats are swamped and the pontoons are ripped from their moorings and overturn, dragging several pleasure craft underwater.

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CCTV footage emerged of the incident as the 133,500-ton Carnival Vista left the port of Messina, Sicily, last Sunday.

It is said to have caused almost £200,000 in damages to the small Marina del Nettuno nearby.

The port authority has launched an investigation into the incident.

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It was unclear why the cruise liner sailed so close to the marina as the video showed the sea and weather conditions were calm.

The 1,062ft-long Vista is the newest and largest vessel in Miami-based Carnival Cruise Line's fleet.

It carries almost 4,000 passengers and features a full IMAX movie theatre, a water park and an aerial cycling track which suspends riders 150ft above the sea.