Special Guest
Joining me for this episode is professional SCUBA diver, instructor, author, and journalist, Andrea Murdock Alpini. Andrea is an experienced wreck diver, who has dived wrecks in the Baltic Sea, Scapa Flow, Mediterranean Sea, and all over the world, including two dives to the Andrea Doria.
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About the Episode
The Andrea Doria was an Italian luxury liner, built in post World War 2. Careful attention was paid to beauty and luxury and the ship was the Pride of Italy.
In 1956, the Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish liner Stockholm in dense fog off the coast of Nantucket Island. The courageous efforts of the crew and passengers saved the majority of the passengers.
This is the story of how the luxurious Italian liner Andrea Doria went down in the Atlantic Ocean.
Recommended Reading
The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria by Greg King and Penny Wilson
Picture History of the Andrea Doria by William H. Miller, Jr.
Deep Descent: Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria by Kevin F. McMurray
Sources
- Robert and Ilaria Dall’Angelo, Fabio Toncelli (Director), The Sinking of the Andrea Doria
- https://www.italianliners.com/andrea-doria-en
- https://www.greatoceanliners.com/ss-andrea-doria
- http://www.andreadoria.org/TheOfficers/Default.htm
- https://www.thehistoryreader.com/cultural-history/the-last-voyage-of-the-andrea-doria-a-living-testament-to-the-importance-of-beauty-in-the-everyday-world/
- https://sedwickcoins.blog/2017/01/03/sunken-luxury-the-loss-of-the-ss-andrea-doria/
- https://www.history.com/news/the-sinking-of-andrea-doria
- https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/ms-stockholm-collided-with-the-italian-lines-andrea-doria-and-as-the-mv-athena-was-attacked-by-pirates/
- http://www.andreadoria.org/TheCabins/Default.htm
- https://www.hometownlife.com/story/entertainment/2016/09/29/survivor-andrea-doria-tells-tale-solves-mystery/91160762/
- https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2016/07/24/july-27-1956-andrea-doria-collides-sinks-off-nantucket/27438883007/
- https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/ss-andrea-doria/
- https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14007111
- https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-04-27-7901011165-story.html
- https://njscuba.net/dive-sites/dive-sites-contents/deep-sea-chart/andrea-doria/