The Sinking of SS Andrea Doria

Welcome to Shipwreck Sunday! We are Derek and Elinor, a couple who loves movies, games, TV shows, and ships! In this podcast, we discuss shipwrecks and how they affect our everyday life.

In today's video... Elinor walks you through the 1956 sinking of the famous SS Andrea Doria and the harrowing rescue effort after the fact!

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The bow is the very front part of the ship, and the very back end of it is called the stern. The port side is the left and the starboard side is the right. Propellers are sometimes referred to as “screws.” The hull is the metal sides of the ship, the keel is the very bottom of it, and the superstructure is the top deck, usually made of wood. Smokestacks or funnels are large tunnels on top of the ship used to direct steam and smoke away from the deck. Masts are large wooden poles on the deck of the ship, usually used to hoist sails or hold a crow’s nest where crew members can see for miles around the vessel. Beam is a measurement that refers to the width of the ship.

[thereissomecoolstuff]

Another strong effort...At this rate you'll have to change your disclaimer. You are a "mariner".... historian.

[Vet-]

Good Vid! The Chrysler Corporation had a concept car "Norseman" Made by Ghia in Italy was on The Andrea Doria. The ONLY one built .

[WhiteArrow]

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Of the 46 Doria passengers who died in the disaster, 43 were in the direct line of the collision. All but one died instantly or shortly after, with the last being First Class passenger Martha Peterson. She was trapped in the remnants of her cabin and was severely injured. Her husband Thure and crewman Giovanni Rovelli fought for hours to save her, but she died from her injuries a few hours later.

The bodies of Martha Peterson and the other 42 lost in the collision went down with the ship and were never recovered.

[joecrammond]

something i found amazing from this sinking is that a young girl from Doria was found on board the Stockholm when her cabin was hit

[ropeburnsrussell]

Such a beautiful ship.
Such a tragic end for its passengers and crew.

[nathanielpatterson-rcdq]

I think we can all agree that a certain other captain of a doomed Italian passenger ship can learn a few things from this ship's captain.

[andrewmedeiros]

Is this a podcast? I legit just found your channel and have been listening for days at work on repeat

[JayPerry-pn]

I think the Dorea's Capt. got a bad rap.
With the Capt. of the Stockhome not admitting his faults.

[jamescrawford]

She and her sister were beautiful looking ships. Ex seaman.

[michaelwalker]

could you cover the SS Eleanor, Eleanor?

[jamescrawford]

The third officer would not be on the helm, that would be a seaman. The Third was officer of the watch. (On the Stockholm)

[chdreturns]

Please do ones on ships lost in the Great Lakes storm of 1913

Multiple sinkings happened:
Leafield (1892)
Henry B Smith (1906)
Plymouth (1854)
Argus (1905)
James C Carruthers (1913)
Hydrus (1903)
John A McGean (1908)
Charles S. Price (1910)
Regina (1907)
Issac M. Scott (1909)
Wexford (1883)
LV-82 (1911)
Louisiana (1887) the only total loss whose crew survived.

There's potential for a series arc here.

[briancronin]

RMS Leinster is a great ship to do a video about the National Maritime Museum of Ireland holds lots of artifacts about the sinking 🤙🏽🇨🇮

[benwilson]

The reference to "Shipping Lanes" is totally irrelevant, its advisory not regulatory, The legal requirement is to follow the Collision Regulation.
Rule 14 - Head-on situation

(a) When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or
nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision each
shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the
port side of the other.

[johnwick-iiil]

Throughout history ships have listed when stricken. And yet they still design lifeboats that cannot be launched during any significant list. How many thousands of people must die before this long standing fallacy is remedied ?
I have even heard of boats that cannot launch when the ships electric power is disrupted....Like that never happens during a sinking..