What happened to the Andrea Doria?

You have probably heard the story of the Titanic. You may not have heard of another ocean liner sinking many years later. In this video, we take a look at that story. The story of the ocean liner, Andrea Doria.

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[CriticalMaster]

The Andrea Doria's captain, 58-year-old Piero Calamai, had determined to go down with the ship, however crew members eventually convinced him to abandon the sinking vessel. However, he still made sure he was the last one off. He retired after the disaster and reportedly asked repeatedly "Are the passengers safe? Are the passengers off?" on his deathbed in 1972. It's incredibly sad honestly.

[MrOrmesby]

One of the young female passengers on the Andrea Doria went to sleep in her cabin, she awoke to a tremendous crash of the two ships only to discover that both her and her bed were now aboard the Stockholm. During the collision her cabin was enveloped by the Stockholms bow Sadly her mother who also was in the cabin was killed, but the young lady survived..

[markuami]

Honestly, I find it kind of heart warming when all the boats respond to help. Something like many people deciding to save lives and help in anyway they can is just- really heartwarming.

[Miguel]

Really love how a big ship decided to help the one in need and turn on all of the lights.
If there's a movie about it, I would think the light scene would be very emotional.

[Raunche]

Stockholm is still used today. As a cruiseliner under another name. Seen it here where I live. Interesting stuff.

[Not_the_Soviet_Union]

When captain wants to help:
*forced to abandon ship*
When a captain doesn’t want to help:
*runs away and is ordered to board again*

[Its_shiki_time]

The amount of ships that responded was insane

[Misha-drrh]

"The andrea doria started it's voyage towards new york"
"The Stockholm started it's voyage"
Oh god. I see where this is going.

[mediocreman]

6:53 – “less than three hours later, the Il De France arrived on the scene” I admit, I am a 40+ year old man, still I started to cry. Imagine what it means to be on a battered, sinking ship with all those smaller vessels around it, and all of a sudden this giant emerges from the mist, to save you.

[CalTxDude]

Andrea Doria Rescue:

"At least an hour after our arrival on the scene, I saw a dim form of a large ship emerging from the darkness and moving quite rapidly in our direction. There were no lights visible other than the required red and white running lights. The red lights being visible indicated that this ship was going between the "Andrea Doria" and the "Thomas." When it got into position, we could feel the vibrations as the huge ship backed down full astern and came to a stop. For a few seconds, this ship remained almost totally dark. Then, all in unison, every light on this ship must have been turned on including a huge sign in lights that read "Ile de France". At the exact same time, every lifeboat began to be lowered and touched the water at precisely the same moment. The fleet of lifeboats then began moving en masse toward the "Andrea Doria." The arrival of the "Ile de France" was like grand theatrical production. The star of the "Andrea Doria" tragedy, she announced her arrival on the scene in a grand way. It was like she was saying, "I am here and all is under control." The majority of the crew and passengers aboard the "Andrea Doria" were rescued by the "Ile de France."---Memories of the event by Ernest R. Melby, EM1 USN, crew member of the USNS "Private William H. Thomas.

[runawaysmudger]

It's not just the loss of passengers that is tragic but the fact that she was called the floating gallery with all of her arts and interior architectures went down with her in that sinking

[TexasMan]

The captain was said to be very sensitive to others feelings. He never scolded or upbraided a junior colleague in front of anyone. He’d pull them aside and correct in private in a soft tone. He was widely respected by all crew members. His name was Piero Calamai.

[emmanueledallavecchia]

Andrea Doria was the finest Italian ship back in the days, she was our pride, a symbol of a growing and strong nation, for us, her sinking was a tragedy.

[MeterLP]

8:35 "Sir! Theres a ship on starboard!" "Turn more starboard! Quickly!" "What? Shouldnt we turn to port?" "NO! STARBOARD! BRACE FOR IMPACT! FOR THE EMPEROR!"

[acebalistic]

Andrea Doria: *starts sinking*
every ship within 500 miles: GO GO GO

[nederlandmijnvaderland]

This was like when you see someone walking your way, you go to the left to avoid them and they go to the right to avoid you and you end up bumping into each other.

[Runningfromtheherd]

I was an 11 year old passenger on the Stockholm when the collision occurred. My mother kept telling me to stay awake because this was history happening but I could not. I missed the Ille De France but did see the Andrea Doria, laying completely on her side, sink. If you like details there is an ebook titled "Collision Course" about these ships that is an excellent read. The Stockholm is now MS Athena and is a cruise ship. I'm thinking maybe I should take a cruise on her. The Stockholm survived because she had an icebreaker bow.

[Techformative]

Fun Fact - At 74 years old the Stockholm, now known as the MV Astoria is still used as a cruise liner today..she's the oldest operating Ocean Liner

[dancingcarapace]

I find it almost haunting how the Andrea Doria seemed to cling on until all her passengers (that were still alive) were off the ship before she finally sank. Similar to the Oceanos later on in the 90s, although they miraculously had 0 casualties.

[sipioc]

The Jack and Rose story may not work here.

“I’ll never let go Jack.”

“Just climb the ladder down, I’m already in the life boat.