The partially submerged wreck of the Sewol ferry (R) carried by two barges is moved to a submersible vessel to take the ferry to the nearest port, off the coast of the southern South Korean island of Jindo on Friday.AFP PHOTO / YONHAP

JINDO, South Korea: South Korea's sunken Sewol ferry was sailed away from its watery grave Friday, beginning its final journey nearly three years after it went down with the loss of more than 300 lives.

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