The sinking of the Andrea Doria

Exactly fifty years after the disaster, the time has come to reveal the mystery behind one of the greatest marine disasters ever and to redistribute blame and praise more justly, with an absorbing documentary using incredible archive and original footage, some seen for the very first time. After fifty years, the various pieces of the puzzle can be fit together to reveal the definitive truth behind the tragic fate of the Andrea Doria, an uncomfortable and in some ways shocking truth.
It is the night of 25 July 1956. The Andrea Doria is scheduled to arrive in New York the following morning. But a few miles further on, still out of the fog and travelling in the opposite direction, is the Stockholm, a Swedish passenger ship. The Ile de France, an old but graceful French transatlantic liner, is also approaching the area. No one is yet aware of it, but the destiny of these three ladies of the sea and that of their three captains - Piero Calamai, Harry Gunnarr Nordenson and Baron Raoul de Beaudéan - are about to collide. It is to be a night of tragedy and hope, of fierce destiny and miracles, of extreme courage and everyday cowardice.

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[sdcinematografica]

I invite you to screen the whole documentary. You can buy a DVD on the web site of sd cinematografica

[starsora1]

no, no, no the worst shipwreck in history is titanic

[sdcinematografica]

@starsora1 we just say that it was "one of the greatest marine disasters ever", not the worst ever! :-)

[24chancer]

whats show is this from?

[sdcinematografica]

@24chancer the documentary is called "The sinking of the Andrea Doria", it has been aired on "Secrets of the death" on PBS, on ZDF in Germany and in other countries all around the world. To know more about it, please visit our website

[vector6977]

it was an Italian liner.

[krugerfuchs]

@starsora1 you are wrong the worst one is william gustloff

[mimesix77]

@henrikarvidsson Nationsalisms apart, we know today both crews made mistakes, but the biggest blunder by far was made by the Stockholm,'s Third Mate who misread the radar and made the ship steer starboard when the Andrea Doria had already begun an evasive run on her port side. He confounded right with left on the radar. Hung on the walls of Kings Point Academy, where the collision has been analysed and is a teaching subject, you find the portrait of the Andrea' Doria's captain, Piero Calamai.

[mimesix77]

@henrikarvidsson Putting nationalisms aside, now it is accepted that both crews made mistakes, but also that the biggest blunder by far was made by the Stockholm, whose Third Mate disastrously misread the radar signals and made the ship steer starboard when the Andrea Doria had already begun an evasive run on her port side. Hung on the walls of Kings Point Academy, where the collision is subject of teaching, you find the portrait of the Andrea Doria's captain, Piero Calamai.

[TehGrindLine]

My Great Grand Parents were on it and my Mother was supposed to be. Thank god she didn't go. She was only 3.

[lasuvidaboy]

The Doria was one of the most beautiful ships to sink. She and her twin sister the Cristoforo Colombo were the finest looking liners on the Italy-New York service.

[krugerfuchs]

could she not have been saved

[ra5711]

@starsora1 No Wilhelm Gustloff is the worst.

[DonnaTN]

Almost forgot:

It's maritime, (not 'maratime').

[JewmantheHero]

@starsora1 The recently worst maritime disaster of all time was the MV Dona Paz.

[SuperTitanicfreak]

The Andrea Doria. WOW!