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SS Andrea Doria ( pronounced [anˈdrɛːa ˈdɔːrja]) was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia), put into service in 1953. She is widely known from the extensive media coverage of her sinking in 1956, which included the remarkably successful rescue of 1,660 of her 1,706 passengers and crew.
Jul 25, 2016 · On the night of July 25, 1956, a collision between the ocean liners SS Andrea Doria and MS Stockholm killed 51 people and prompted one of the largest civilian maritime rescues in history.
Apr 12, 2024 · Andrea Doria, Italian passenger liner that sank on July 25–26, 1956, after colliding with the Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket in the Atlantic Ocean. The maritime disaster resulted in the deaths of 51 people—46 from the Andrea Doria and 5 from the Stockholm. The SS Andrea Doria was a flagship of the Italian Line. Measuring some 697 feet ...
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Jun 16, 2016 · The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria met it's end on a 9-day voyage between Genoa and New York. The impact killed 46 of the 1,706 aboard the ship, which stayed afloat for 11 more hours after the ...
Andrea Doria, Prince of Melfi (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa ˈdɔːrja]; Ligurian: Drîa Döia [ˈdɾiːa ˈdɔːja]; 30 November 1466 – 25 November 1560) was a Genoese statesman, condottiero, and admiral, who played a key role in the Republic of Genoa during his lifetime.
Jan 11, 2023 · Published January 11, 2023. Updated January 12, 2023. The 1956 collision between the SS Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm near Nantucket left 51 people dead and led to one of history’s largest civilian rescues at sea. What it lacked in speed and size, the SS Andrea Doria made up for in beauty. Often called a “floating art gallery,” the ...
The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria wasn’t supposed to sink. After all, her designers had learned the lessons from the Titanic disaster. But on a calm summer day in peacetime, she sank 60 nautical miles southeast of the Nantucket coast in the most shocking maritime disaster since the great ship went down 44 years earlier.
