SS Andrea Doria
The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner sailing from Genoa, Italy for the Italian Line. The ship was named after a Genoese admiral named Andrea Doria.The ship slid into the water on June 16, 1951. The ship was considered to be one of the most beautiful ocean liners made after World War II. Her maiden voyage came on January 14, 1953.
On July 25, 1956, the Andrea Doria was sailing in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, to New York, New York from Genoa. At 11:10 p.m., the bow of the SS Stockholm of the Swedish-American Line collided into the Andrea Doria's starboard side. Around 46 of the 1,706 passengers were killed in the collision. The ship sank 11 hours later, at 10:09 a.m. on July 26. The Stockholm did not sink and operated afterwards.