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  Andrea Doria Summary
Andrea Doria was orphaned as a child, and journeyed to Rome as a teenager to serve in the papal army of Pope Innocent VIII, a fellow Genoese, who battled the Turks until his death in 1492.
Andrea Doria or D'Oria (November 30 1466-November 25 1560) was a Genoese condottiero and admiral.
Doria was born at Oneglia of the ancient Genoese family, the Doria di Oneglia branch of the old Doria, de Oria or de Auria family.
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 Information about SS Andrea Doria
Struck in the side, the list of the Andrea Doria left half of her lifeboats unusable, which might have resulted in significant loss of life, but improvements in communications and rapid responses by other ships averted a disaster similar in scale to the Titanic disaster of 1912.
When Andrea Doria and the Stockholm collided at almost a 90-degree angle, the Stockholm's sharply raked ice breaking prow pierced Andrea Doria's starboard side approximately midway of its length, penetrating three cabin decks to a depth of nearly 40 feet (12 m) and into its keel.
SS Andrea Doria awaiting her impending fate the morning after the collision in the Atlantic Ocean, July 26, 1956.
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 Andrea Doria - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Doria, Andrea (admiral) (1468-1560), Genoese admiral and statesman, who revived the prosperity of his city under Spanish protection.
The sinking of the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria after a collision in fog with the Stockholm, pride of Sweden's passenger fleet, in the North Atlantic on the night of July 25, 1956, produced one of recent history's most dramatic stories of heroic rescue on the high seas.
The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) home ported in Genoa, Italy.
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 ANDREA DORIA LA SPEDIZIONE   (Site not responding. Last check: )
L’ Andrea Doria fu costruita nei cantieri Ansaldo di Sestri, Genova, e varata nel 1951.
Alle 23:22 (Stockholm) " Siamo entrati in collisione con un’altra nave," 23:35 (Doria) "Siamo troppo inclinati e siamo nell’impossibilità di mettere in acqua i mezzi di salvataggio, richiediamo assistenza immediata,"
Durante le varie spedizioni di recupero fu inoltre ritrovata la statua di Andrea Doria che troneggiava nel salone principale della nave, ed attualmente si trova in un giardino privato di una villa negli stati uniti.
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  SS Andrea Doria at AllExperts
SS Andrea Doria awaiting her inevitable fate the morning after the collision in the Atlantic Ocean, July 26, 1956.
Andrea Doria had a length of 212 m (697 feet), a beam of 27 m (90 feet), and a gross tonnage of 29,100.
Andrea Doria was not the largest vessel nor the fastest of its day: those distinctions went to the RMS Queen Elizabeth and the SS United States, respectively.
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  Andrea Doria   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Andrea Doria or D'Oria (November 30, 1466 -November 25, 1560) was a Genoese condottiero and admiral.
Doria was born at Oneglia of the ancient Genoese family, the Doria di Oneglia branch of the old Doria, de Oria or de Auria family.
Doria ordered his nephew Filippino, who was then blockading Naples in alliance with a French army, to withdraw; Doria then sailed for Genoa where, with the help of some leading citizens, he expelled the French and re-established the republic under imperial protection.
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 SS Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria had a length of 212 m (697 feet), a beam of 27 m (90 feet), and a gross tonnage of 29,100.
Andrea Doria's officers had not followed proper radar procedures or used the plotting equipment available in the chartroom adjacent to the bridge of their ship to calculate the position and speed of the other (approaching) ship.
Andrea Doria's designers and engineers had been scheduled to testify, but the hearings were abruptly concluded before their testimony could be heard due to the settlement agreement.
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 SS Andrea Doria
The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner sailing from Genoa, Italy for the Italian Line.
Compounded by the extremely thick fog, the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm collided, with the sharp icebreaking prow of the Stockholm piercing the starboard side of the Doria.
Passengers unable to use the lifeboats on the Doria were eventually rescued by the Stockholm, as well as the SS Ile de France, a larger French Line ship in the area, who managed to rescue the bulk of the remaining passengers by shuttling its 10 lifeboats back and forth to the Doria.
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 SS Andrea Doria - Definition, explanation
Since she sailed the southern Atlantic routes, Andrea Doria was the first ship to feature three outdoor swimming pools, one for each class (first, cabin, and tourist).
The Andrea Doria had not followed the proper "Rules of the Road" in which a ship should turn to right (to starboard) in case of a possible head-on crossing at sea.
The captain of the Andrea Doria was deliberately speeding in heavy fog, an admittedly common practice on passengers liners.
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 SS Andrea Doria The sinking of the July 26, 1956
The Giffords are survivors from the Andrea Doria.
The Doria is rife with challenges and dangers for those who attempt to visit her on the ocean floor, but the divers still come, still don their gear, still welcome the chance to reach the apogee of their careers.
To suggest that the Doria's sinking was the singular catalyst in the movement from sea to air travel, however, is to overstate the significance of the collision and to ignore the pre-existing factors that building to flight as the primary mode of transatlantic and longdistance travel.
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 Andrea Lia Ramos
Andrea walks into her house a few hours later, avoids her parents, and shuts herself in her bedroom; the burden of dealing with the fact that she was just raped is overwhelming to her.
SS Andrea Doria - The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) homeported in Genoa, Italy.
Andrea Sabbatini - Andrea Sabbatini (1487 - 1530) (var.
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 SS Andrea Doria - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
On July 25, 1956, in one of history's most famous ship accidents, 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., in heavy fog, the SS Stockholm of the Swedish-American Line and the Andrea Doria were approaching each other head-on in a well-used shipping corridor.
For reasons unknown, the Andrea Doria attempted to avoid a collision by steering to the left, instead of following the nautical tradition of passing on the right.
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 Hotel Doria
Doria, originally de Auria, from de filiis Auriae, the sons of Auria, and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old Genoese family whose history is indistiguishable from that of the Republic of Genoa from the 12th century to the 16th century.
Simone Doria lived in the late 12th century and was an admiral of the Genoese in the crusader's assault against St John of Acre.
Doria ordered his nephew Fiippino, who was then blockading Naples in alliance with a French army, to withdraw; Doria then sailed for Genoa where, with the help of some leading citizens, he expelled the French and re-established the republic under imperial protection.
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 SS Andrea Doria   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner sailing from Genoa for the Italian Line, named after a Genoese admiral named Andrea Doria.
On July 25, 1956, the bow of the SS Stockholm of the Swedish-American Line collided into the Andrea Doria's starboard side.
The SS Stockholm did not sink and operated afterwards.
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 Three Star Leadership Blog: Remembering the Andrea Doria Print Version
Fifty years ago, the Italian liner Andrea Doria was off the coast of Nantucket on the last night of an Atlantic crossing to New York.
The first is that collision of the Stockholm and the Andrea Doria happened at the cusp of two eras.
The sad lesson of Andrea Doria is that, like many disasters of all kinds, it didn't have to happen.
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 Ss Andrea Doria
Ss Andrea Doria (Shipwreck survivors reunite: Wichitan recalls fateful trip on Andrea Doria)
A half-century ago, she was crossing the Atlantic on the ship Andrea Doria.
The SS Stockholm had rammed the Andrea Doria in dense fog less than 50 miles off Nantucket Island,...
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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.
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 SS Andrea Doria
This Stockholm is best known as the ship that collided with the SS Andrea Doria in 1956 (for a detailed account of that mishap, see also SS Andrea Doria).
SS Andrea Doria: A Journey of Adventure The Discovery Channel Available from the Discovery Channel (www.discovery.com) Item Number: 636852 $19.95 Dive to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean to...
On the evening of July 25, 1956, off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, the Italian ocean liner the SS Andrea Doria, and the Swedish ship the MS Stockholm, collided.
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 South of Nantucket, two ships crossed in the night
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Doria, The Independent launches a series this week to examine the collision, the rescue, the stories of survivors and those affected by the wreck and later attempts to explore the now rusting hulk just south of the island.
The Doria stopped to collect passengers at Cannes, Naples and Gibraltar before leaving for New York, where it was due to arrive on the morning of July 26.
The Doria was designed to have 11 watertight compartments, so that if any of the compartments were to be punctured, the rest of the vessel would survive.
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The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) homeported in Genoa, Italy.
On July 25, 1956, while sailing off the coast of Nantucket bound for New York City, the Andrea Doria collided with the eastward-bound Stockholm of the Swedish-American Line in what was to become one of history's most famous maritime disasters.
The list of the ship left half of Andrea Doria's lifeboats unusable, which might have resulted in significant loss of life, but improvements in communications and rapid responses by other ships averted a great loss of life similar in scale to the Titanic tragedy over 40 years earlier.
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 Daily and Sunday Review - Remembering the Andrea Doria
The song, of course, continues later with the words "It was sad when the great ship went down." It was this that later made Donnocker suspicious about her role in the Doria's eventual demise.
The Doria's captain had reduced its speed to 21.8 knots, a safety measure for the fog.
Though very close to the Doria, Carstens was aware of neither the Doria nor the sudden wall of fog that he had yet to enter, until it was almost too late.
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 Andrea   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Andrea Feldman - Andrea Feldman (also known as Andrea ‘Whips’ Feldman) (April 1, 1948 – 8 August 1972) was an actor and Warhol superstar.
Andreas grew up mostly in Iowa and attended Wheaton College in Illinois, but dropped out in his political career.
Sylvester also reproduces previously unpublished extracts from his wife, and prevent his father from attending Manito`s celebrations all prove to be a tough task for Junior, and these factors frequently send him into a decline in the United States, having contributed millions of dollars to Democratic and Republican candidates alike.
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 SS Stockholm information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
First named SS Potsdam, the name was changed to SS Stockholm when it was sold to the Swedish America Line (SAL) in 1915.
The third SS Stockholm is an ocean liner launched in 1948 and once operated by the Swedish America Line.
Due to the collision, 50% of the Andrea Doria's lifeboats were unusable.
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 Nantucket Shipwrecks - Part 2
One of the most famous wrecks in existence, the SS Andrea Doria, sunk in circumstances very similar to those of the Republic, in 1956.
The Andrea Doria was damaged beyond repair, but the Stockholm survived the impact.
What makes the Andrea Doria wreck so famous is that she sank in a time when cameras and media were readily available to capture the tragedy.
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 Andrea Doria The Sinking
The shipwrecked passengers of the Andrea Doria and the passengers of the Stockholm are standing by the railing of the Swedish ship, silently and passionately watching the incredible event before them.
It was difficult for those who had passed so many pleasant hours on that great vessel to realize that it was gone forever, and with it all their clothes, possessions and valuables.
The bright sun was shining on the Atlantic, the ocean was peaceful and calm, and only the planes were circling over the grave of the Andrea Doria and those that she took to her grave.
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