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You are confusing dynamic stability with static stability. And sailboat stability with motor vessels. Most of the ships I've worked on the GZ goes negative at around 60°.
If the vessel had negative static stability from launch (i.e. top heavy, KG>BG), it would have fallen over within seconds after leaving the blocks. It did not. What we see is a gradual increasing list to port; i.e. g moving to port and aft. As it was lightships on launch, it probably did not have much reserve stability to start with.
From the footage, it appears the port aft quarter going deeper in the water. My guess would be port propellor contacting the seabed on launch, seachest pipes or valves failed or not connected. Leading to flooding of the engine room and resulting in an angle of lol or list, getting progressively worse until deck edge immersion with downflooding. A lot of ships have sunk this way and this one will probably not be the last.
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