Sharing its name with a European capital, with which ship did the Italian liner Andrea Doria collide in 1956 with the loss of forty six lives?
SS Andrea Doria the rescue efforts were both successful and commendable, the cause of the collision with "Stockholm" and the loss of "Andrea Doria" generated much interest in the media and many lawsuits. Largely because of an out-of-court settlement agreement between the two shipping companies during hearings immediately after the disaster, no determination of the cause(s) was ever formally published. Although greater blame appeared initially to fall on the Italian liner, more recent discoveries have indicated that a misreading of radar on the Swedish ship initiated the collision course, leading to errors on both ships. "Andrea Doria" had a length of , a
SS Andrea Doria SS Andrea Doria SS "Andrea Doria", , was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) home ported in Genoa, Italy, most famous for her sinking in 1956, when 46 people were killed. Named after the 16th-century Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, the ship had a gross register tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about 1,200 passengers and 500 crew. For a country attempting to rebuild its economy and reputation after World War II, "Andrea Doria" was an icon of Italian national pride. Of all Italy's ships at the time, "Andrea Doria" was the largest, fastest, and