Exploration of "Francesca da Rimini" shipwreck. Francesca was a cargo warship, built in 1942. She was seized by the German Navy in 1943, to transport ammunition for German troops in North Africa. On 24.01.1944. she was at anchor in front of the island Kaprije with an engine failure, fully loaded with ammunition. According to the reports a scout plane found Francesca and sank her with aerial torpedoes.