The Story Of The Andrea Doria

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  • Perhaps one of the most beautiful vessels of her time, the Andrea Doria was a symbol of pride for Italy. A sleek and stylish 1950's liner fitted with the most luxurious appointments and beloved by many who sailed on her. However just 3 years into making transatlantic crossings, one fateful night would end in catastrophe, ultimately sinking her. But how did it happen? This is the story of the Andrea Doria.
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  • @BrightSunFilms
    @BrightSunFilms  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    A new cruise ship disaster video is out now! th-cam.com/video/NspiM4TW80A/w-d-xo.html

  • @dannyzero692
    @dannyzero692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8113

    "The Captain was the last to leave the ship."
    Everyone: **look at Schettino**

    • @SupermarketSweep777
      @SupermarketSweep777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1257

      It was pretty funny to hear the Coast Guard rip him a new asshole though.
      “Look Schettino, you may have saved yourself from the sea, I’m going to make sure you get in trouble. I am going to make you pay for this”

    • @thetman0068
      @thetman0068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      VADA A BORDO, CAZZO!

    • @TheMrPeteChannel
      @TheMrPeteChannel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I'm the 150th like!

    • @theotmt7906
      @theotmt7906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      and after the Costa concordia sank, he said "we were the last to leave the ship"

    • @KrolKaz
      @KrolKaz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Those where different times, these days it's every man for himself

  • @steve051968
    @steve051968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2935

    My dad who is still living was a passenger on the Andrea Doria at the time of the sinking, along with my grandparents and my 2 uncles. They were emigrating from Italy to the US. Everything they owned went to the bottom of the Atlantic.

    • @Nitram4392
      @Nitram4392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +353

      Sometimes the universe likes to give us the middle finger.

    • @cheesestealer9780
      @cheesestealer9780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Did he get his money back?

    • @coffeemakerbottomcracked
      @coffeemakerbottomcracked 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      wow

    • @Robin-yj7gj
      @Robin-yj7gj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Did your family get compensation from the company?

    • @steve051968
      @steve051968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      @@Robin-yj7gj $1500 from the Italian line

  • @sofaking8228
    @sofaking8228 2 ปีที่แล้ว +661

    1912: "My dear, I bought tickets for us for the maiden voyage of the Titanic for our anniversary." 1915: "Mom, relax, the Titanic was once in a lifetime. The Lusitania won't hit any icebergs and dad would want you to enjoy the cruise." 1956: "My dearest grandchildren, Thank you for this wonderful cruise. I was scared to board at first, but the Andrea Doria is the safest cruise liner there is. "It's getting a bit foggy outside, so I'm going to bed."

    • @anastasiaphan4202
      @anastasiaphan4202 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Is this about that lady who survived 3 ship wrecks ? I am bad at remember name.

    • @ShipsandGames
      @ShipsandGames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      @@anastasiaphan4202 It was Violet Jessop, but she survived all Olympic class sinkings / crash. I think this is just a random comment.

    • @jamesflynn8448
      @jamesflynn8448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      There was also a British Man named Arthur John priest who survived the Titanic, Britannic, many WW2 and other passenger ships before passing away of pneumonia in his bed

    • @dbyspae122
      @dbyspae122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@jamesflynn8448 both red dead protagonists in one name lol

    • @virginiaconnor8350
      @virginiaconnor8350 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anastasiaphan4202 Wasn't that a "Twilight Zone" story?

  • @DoowopLover
    @DoowopLover 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Back in 1956 one of my classmates in elementary school was on board the Andrea Doria. He and his sister and his mother all survived. We were watching the news on TV, and I saw him on the news. I exclaimed "Hey Tucker". We were relieved that they were safe and sound.

  • @slajder1543
    @slajder1543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5106

    idk why but youve made me obsessed with ship disaster stories ever since the costa concordia vid
    3 yrs later edit: still obsessed but now also with planes

    • @samsunited4965
      @samsunited4965 3 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      I am obsessed with plane crashes lol

    • @jaypick77
      @jaypick77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@samsunited4965 me too I always watch plane crash videos before I fly! Makes it more fun for me, as sick as that sounds! Lol

    • @jasoncortez8311
      @jasoncortez8311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Fr it was the exact video haha

    • @jasoncortez8311
      @jasoncortez8311 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@samsunited4965 where do you see those?

    • @Mr.Boyo13
      @Mr.Boyo13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      SAME LOL 😂

  • @fever1
    @fever1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3535

    “This was going to be his last voyage”
    O_O
    “As he was going to be promoted”
    oh-

    • @benmackarel295
      @benmackarel295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +262

      How to stop ship sinking
      1. Captain should never retire
      2. Captain never get promoted
      3.profit

    • @kalebnolen1616
      @kalebnolen1616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Cpt Smith of the Titanic was also about to retire... I'm really startin' to pick up on these trends

    • @gerardcollins80
      @gerardcollins80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      😂😂😂

    • @aaronnerella6907
      @aaronnerella6907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      hmm sounds familiar

    • @classicxl
      @classicxl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Same for the Edmund Fitzgerald captain mcsorley was going to retire at end of the season and we all know what happened to that ship

  • @suzannewilde6733
    @suzannewilde6733 2 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    My grandmother's sister-in-law was on the Andrea Doria when she went down. She was coming over to attend her nephew's wedding. Sadly, she was one of the casualties. I believe she might have been killed in the collision. The wedding was a bit more solemn as everyone mourned her loss.

    • @slinkster9815
      @slinkster9815 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just hope her and the others died peacefully, even though it was abrupt, they may now be free waiting for us above

    • @8luvbug
      @8luvbug ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What's her name

    • @kojiemoji4907
      @kojiemoji4907 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I’m so sorry for your loss. May she rest in peace

  • @georgemortensen7623
    @georgemortensen7623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    I remember this well as my father was the port engineer at Pier 84 in NY where the Doria docked. I will never forget the phone call my dad got that fatal morning. It was the first time I ever saw my father cry. Capt. Calamai and my father were friends. Capt. Calamai was never the same. He always blamed himself for the loss of life and the loss of his ship.

    • @gordonbergslien30
      @gordonbergslien30 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Reportedly the captain's last words were, "Are all of the passengers off?" That's how a ship's master should behave!

    • @dionlindsay2
      @dionlindsay2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@gordonbergslien30 The captain lived on until 1972! Edit: sorry, I rushed to judgment. I see from Daniel Huffman's comment further down that those were indeed the captain's last words in 1972, 16 years after the sinking. A sad reflection on how extreme age and nearness of death can bring the reality of old memories to the fore.

  • @Dylan-qy5tc
    @Dylan-qy5tc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6475

    The Captain was the last person to leave the Doria. Respect.

    • @mikeobie1
      @mikeobie1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +423

      As it should be

    • @robertyoung3992
      @robertyoung3992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Captain Pierro Calamai

    • @MAFNaFCH
      @MAFNaFCH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +814

      Atleast he didn’t “Fall” into a lifeboat

    • @TheSaint491
      @TheSaint491 3 ปีที่แล้ว +445

      He was so upset by the loss of the Andrea Doria, he retired to Genoa and never sailed again. So I've heard

    • @thefruitmustripen3975
      @thefruitmustripen3975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +377

      @@MAFNaFCH ooo callin out captain Schettino💀

  • @catm6289
    @catm6289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2187

    “so this is the andrea doria anyway this other ship has a reinforced ice breaking bow” oh no ohhhh no i see where this is going

    • @fart63
      @fart63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      why do
      you
      type like
      this................
      ...............

    • @alieffauzanrizky7202
      @alieffauzanrizky7202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@fart63 *p r e s e n c e* . And kids who just discovered "meme"

    • @pentilex4338
      @pentilex4338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Disaster docs always be like that
      "There were 10000 puppies on one ship and 10000kt of TNT on the other alone in the middle of the pacific ocean headed for eachother at 100000 knots"

    • @siggybuttbrain7026
      @siggybuttbrain7026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      no that was when he was talking about the Stockholm the smaller ship, mentioned at 4:38. if your gonna try and be funny at least make sure your factual.

    • @Gamper1
      @Gamper1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@siggybuttbrain7026 yeah thats what they were talking abt.. they said 'other ship' meaning the stockholm that crashed into the andrea doria

  • @berelinde
    @berelinde 2 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    My mother remembers the Stockholm arriving at port in NY and going to see it after her work shift ended. By the time the Stockholm arrived at port, people knew that the Andrea Doria had sunk and why, and my mother marveled that the Stockholm had suffered so little damage in the collision. Now I want her to tell me the story again. I never thought I would say that.

  • @tishmartin220
    @tishmartin220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    My great uncle was on the first row boat to reach the Andrea Doria. He was on the SS Cape Ann that saved one hundred and twenty nine victims of the disaster, many of them were injuried. He told us that the hole in the ship was not that large and it was unbelievable that the ship sank. Joseph Rinkowski was his name and he received a metal for it.

  • @josephinedickey5580
    @josephinedickey5580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6100

    I was born on the Andrea Doria!!!! So, I loved your video! There were 6 Doria babies born on the Andre Doria during her lifetime. I was born on March 20, 1954 along with a another baby. My name is Giuseppina Andreina Falasca and I hope to get a model of the Andrea Doria. Thank you for your video!

    • @Dulcimertunes
      @Dulcimertunes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      I assume your parents were emigrating?

    • @josephinedickey5580
      @josephinedickey5580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +738

      @@Dulcimertunes Yes, my father immigrated first and was waiting for my mother in New York. He had no clue that his wife had a baby and that he was a new father. He waited and waited and she did not disembark so he asked a crew member and they replied that she had her baby. We stayed in NY for a week as he arranged a train trip back to our home in Akron, Ohio!

    • @driax4297
      @driax4297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      @@josephinedickey5580 hello, may I ask did you ever get the andrea doria model?

    • @josephinedickey5580
      @josephinedickey5580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      @@driax4297 Sorry, no. Maybe in the near future

    • @deathahoy8971
      @deathahoy8971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Very interesting! Do you like boats?

  • @ATINKERER
    @ATINKERER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    My mom was supposed to be on that ship on the voyage when it sank. But she decided to take another ship and leave Italy earlier. The day after she got back to NYC she saw the Andrea Doria sinking on TV.

    • @justinemooney5146
      @justinemooney5146 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Wow she lucky

    • @MC-es7oe
      @MC-es7oe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Woah......

    • @ATINKERER
      @ATINKERER 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MC-es7oe Yep

    • @That1Guineapig.
      @That1Guineapig. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You better be proud you have that kind if mom!

    • @user-tb7up3yg2b
      @user-tb7up3yg2b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      And that’s what you call “dodging a bullet”. But that’s crazy

  • @AidenTheAviator
    @AidenTheAviator ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I remember reading a similar book by Robert Ballard when I was a kid. It was in my elementary school library and was called "Ghost Liners". It had 5 ship wrecks in it, Titanic, Britanic, Lusitania, Empress if Ireland, and Andrea Doria. I read it all the time and it definitely sparked my interest in ship wrecks too. I still have a keen interest in the subject and on old ocean liners in general.

    • @DakkTribal
      @DakkTribal ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh! That book was in my school library as well. I read it all the time!

  • @ColleenMcCallister
    @ColleenMcCallister ปีที่แล้ว +17

    My first cousin twice removed, Luigi DeCristo, was a steward on Italian liners SS Saturnia, SS Andrea Doria, and SS Cristoforo Colombo. He was onboard the night the Andrea Doria sank and was among the survivors. What amazes me just as much as his survival is that he was immediately reassigned to the sister ship, Colombo. Thank you for this wonderful video.

  • @Rablat333
    @Rablat333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +603

    2:52
    "11 Watertight Compartmens, enough lifeboats for everyone"
    Titanic Surviors:"Hey, I've seen this one before!"

    • @kobra6660
      @kobra6660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Titanic has a renault car and the andoria had a Chrysler vehicle a little ironic that both ships sank with a vehicle in it

    • @micfail2
      @micfail2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      The issue with the Titanic was that lifeboats were not expected to fend for themselves at sea with survivors aboard, The idea was that ships took long enough to sink that the lifeboats should be able to make multiple trips between the sinking ship and ships that come to its aid. The real issue with the Titanic was that ships were not required to have radio operators always on duty so it's distressed calls went unanswered even though there were several ships close enough to help.

    • @carolinamartin105
      @carolinamartin105 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @codemy666
      @codemy666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jerrossclarito6119 I think that's the theme with many accidents, be it poor maintainance or bad decisions

    • @robertyoung3992
      @robertyoung3992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kobra6660 Andrea Doria

  • @redzeppelin6
    @redzeppelin6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1240

    It's nuts to think how bad this could have gone if other ships weren't near by.

    • @BrightSunFilms
      @BrightSunFilms  3 ปีที่แล้ว +282

      It would have been a huge disaster. Probably around half of the people aboard would have died

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@BrightSunFilms So almost... Titanic scale ...

    • @staniyabuns.productions7132
      @staniyabuns.productions7132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@AaronShenghao maybe so 😭😭

    • @calbob750
      @calbob750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      If you read the story of the Titanic, other ships were nearby but didn’t respond to distress calls until it was too late to save passengers from the cold Atlantic waters.

    • @megandunnett7900
      @megandunnett7900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@calbob750 yeah but there is a difference between “nearby” and nearby😉.

  • @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401
    @sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The ship that took my Graduate Group from Copenhagen to Oslo overnight was the icebreaker S.S. Stockholm
    ( now the SS Astoria). It was February, 1956, in Scandinavia, and the Kattegat strip between Denmark and Norway was frozen over. Our little ship never slowed down, and sliced through the ice all night.....naturally, no one could sleep. When we heard about the July tragedy, we were not surprised by the damage done. Memories we never forget!

    • @Daniel_Huffman
      @Daniel_Huffman 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The _Astoria_ is not, nor has she ever been a steamship.

  • @peteg475
    @peteg475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3963

    The biggest feud between Swedes and Italians not involving meatballs.

    • @braysfinds7479
      @braysfinds7479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      That and soccer games.

    • @AssassinDevil34
      @AssassinDevil34 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Man this comment I spit out my tea on my computer from laughing

    • @valzalel5203
      @valzalel5203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      omg

    • @emmaherron5121
      @emmaherron5121 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hahahaha

    • @Dexter037S4
      @Dexter037S4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      You forgot Rallying.

  • @jabr3088
    @jabr3088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +539

    Can we just appreciate how the "Stockholm" sunk this ship and kept on going until 2020? Thats crazy to me

    • @kingstar5494
      @kingstar5494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      So the Stockholm had a long life

    • @MrDmitriRavenoff
      @MrDmitriRavenoff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I wonder if they ever painted a little ship on her prow like fighters did in WW2? /s

    • @Angultra
      @Angultra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Sees damage: “yeah...you can probably buff that out”

    • @JW-iy5yb
      @JW-iy5yb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Everyone was just scared of what it would do to them if they tried to dismantle it. They saw what it did to that poor ship.

    • @haroldlawson8771
      @haroldlawson8771 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      She was registered in the same port Doris was at some point

  • @jantyszka1036
    @jantyszka1036 2 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    The old Stockholm is still in service (after several extensive refits), my mother has cruised the Baltic in her.

  • @lizinacan151
    @lizinacan151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Finally, a captain with respect.

  • @ZachandYoshi
    @ZachandYoshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    One of the most interesting stories from the sinking was Linda Morgan’s. She was a 14 year old girl on the Andrea Doria, and by some miracle when the Stockholm bow crashed into the ship she was lifted from her bed on the AD and safely onto the crushed bow of the Stockholm. The crew found her later because she was calling out to her mother in Spanish, which was odd because it was a Swedish ship. Her husband was mayor of San Antonio, TX in the late 2000’s.

    • @robertyoung3992
      @robertyoung3992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      She was also the First Lady of San Antonio, TX

    • @hunternegron336
      @hunternegron336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wow I remember reading about this story in elementary school!

    • @foxh.6652
      @foxh.6652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Wait so your telling me when they collided she just got picked up and swept away onto the now broken bow of the Stockholm

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@foxh.6652 yes, though not uninjured.

    • @GiordanDiodato
      @GiordanDiodato 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      her mother died just a few years after the accident... on the anniversary of the accident.
      Also her step-sister was killed instantly

  • @Namiz00
    @Namiz00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1792

    "Stockholm was one of the most reliable ships at sea"
    Pretty damn reliable to sail for nearly another century

    • @endeavourist5287
      @endeavourist5287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +382

      It reliably took out the competition.

    • @EternityWish
      @EternityWish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@endeavourist5287 😂😂

    • @tevinmoss12
      @tevinmoss12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@endeavourist5287 stop it lol

    • @iscloudy3922
      @iscloudy3922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@endeavourist5287 I can’t

    • @rext8949
      @rext8949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's like puttin a fox in the henhouse.

  • @dayceecaughill1334
    @dayceecaughill1334 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I've never heard of this Ship! It's actually a happier story. The loss of life could've been much greater.

    • @russellbuchholz8997
      @russellbuchholz8997 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really? It's one of the most famous shipwrecks ever

  • @EdEditEddy
    @EdEditEddy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My great-aunt and her first husband were actually booked to travel on the Andrea Doria during it's final voyage, but ended up arriving too late and had to book on another liner. Was always a bit surreal when she would mention that.

  • @matteo2617
    @matteo2617 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3125

    A whole ass ocean and u hit another ship lmao

    • @kamiiu
      @kamiiu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      😭😭

    • @randomwatermelon1
      @randomwatermelon1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Like I get hitting an iceberg but lol (I know it was close to the shore and they had to follow a route its a joke)

    • @roseclouds5838
      @roseclouds5838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      honestly 🤦‍♀️

    • @CorneliusCob
      @CorneliusCob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      Wait till you hear about plane collisions 👀

    • @samsterlaornos8097
      @samsterlaornos8097 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      That has the same energy as when a city only had two cars and they crashed into each other

  • @SevenGears
    @SevenGears 3 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    "I'll go left and you go right- oh I mean my right."

    • @pauloicto8252
      @pauloicto8252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The maritime rule for head-to-head collision avoidance is: Pass to Port (port side to port side) which is precisely what the Stockholm did by altering her course to starboard - all too late, perhaps because of a radar mis-interpretation.
      The problem was that the AD had already turned the 'wrong way' - perhaps in the belief that the oncoming vessel was actually crossing the shipping lanes and NOT steaming straight towards her down the wrong channel, as the Stockholm was . . .
      - there is also an error in the narration later in the clip that reverses the directions each ship turned.

    • @tonygozina6033
      @tonygozina6033 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The biggest feud between Swedes and Italians not involving meatballs.

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A unique feuding if you will

  • @sophierobinson2738
    @sophierobinson2738 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I read the story of the Andrea Doria about 60 years ago, in a Readers Digest Condensed book. The little girl that was found on the deck of the other ship was from Andrea Doria, and that fascinated me.

    • @Samxd90
      @Samxd90 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What u read readers digest i also

  • @valeriebolejack5957
    @valeriebolejack5957 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Officers at Annapolis did a deep investigation of this accident. They sent a letter to the Andrea Doria Captain stating she was not at fault. The Captain, shattered by the sinking, died shortly after. He never opened the letter. Also, this ship was essentially T-boned by a ship prow built for ice breaking! She stayed afloat for 11 hours. That is a strong testament to just how well she was built. I haven't found another ship that took anything close to the damage that didn't sink almost immediately.

  • @notthatcreativewithnames
    @notthatcreativewithnames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    I got goosebumps from all the efforts from all those nearby ships. Also, one small thing to point out is that the captain is not a coward like those on the Oceanos or the Costa Concordia.

    • @Daniel_Huffman
      @Daniel_Huffman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Unfortunately, Captain Calamai never accepted another command, and lived the rest of his life in sadness "as a man who has lost a son", according to his daughter. His last words, when he died in 1972, were reportedly, "Are the passengers saved?"

    • @notthatcreativewithnames
      @notthatcreativewithnames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@Daniel_Huffman I don't know if it's a survivor's guilt or a PTSD, but it's really traumatic either way.

    • @Revkor
      @Revkor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Daniel_Huffman he didn't want to leave the ship, go down with her. he didn't sail again because in his mind the sea betrayed him

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Ile de France and others being able to quickly respond saved hundreds of lives. This disaster could have EASILY been 10x worse.

    • @samerm8657
      @samerm8657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So did I! 😀
      great to know I!'m not alone in this.
      Also this is the second time I hear about this one, and it still gave me goose bumps.
      You find an equally great video about this in youtube channel LemMino

  • @ChakatBlackstar
    @ChakatBlackstar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +818

    Stockholm: "We're okay. We're still sailing half a ship".

  • @tvaud
    @tvaud 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I was born about a couple of months after this disaster happened. One of my parents wanted to name me after the ship. Thankfully, the other one nixed it. Can you imagine going through life named after a sunken ship?

  • @yggdrasil9039
    @yggdrasil9039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    What is it about ships sinking on the captain's final run just before they were about to retire? I'd suggest captains retire one trip earlier than planned to avoid this eventuality.

  • @TyrannFuhrer
    @TyrannFuhrer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I've known of the Andrea Doria and Stockholm for a very long time, but it blew my mind to know the Stockholm is STILL afloat. Thanks much for the new knowledge in your great video.

    • @ashtonbrown4318
      @ashtonbrown4318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh you are a legend, how tf did you manage this lol.

    • @TyrannFuhrer
      @TyrannFuhrer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ashtonbrown4318 If you mean posting before it was published, Patrons get early access.

    • @ghostguyxpert2326
      @ghostguyxpert2326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes

    • @danielbishop1863
      @danielbishop1863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe not for much longer, I'm afraid. The cruise industry has been hit hard by COVID-19-induced travel restrictions, and selling a bunch of older ships for scrap.

    • @mindyschocolate
      @mindyschocolate 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s kind of cool, actually.

  • @JackCallSports
    @JackCallSports 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1451

    I can’t believe the Stockholm is still around

    • @ethanhatcher5533
      @ethanhatcher5533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Where do you think the Isles will place in the Metro next season?

    • @thomasliptak9469
      @thomasliptak9469 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      probably not for much longer though

    • @JackCallSports
      @JackCallSports 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ethanhatcher5533 3rd

    • @Sway_to_the_music
      @Sway_to_the_music 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ethanhatcher5533 wait what do you mean

    • @confusdseb7642
      @confusdseb7642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sway_to_the_music Isles/Islanders are a hockey team. This other user has it in their username.

  • @ericpotts7969
    @ericpotts7969 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a few others have stated, my great-grandparents were also amongst the Andrea Doria during it's final voyage. I believe it was their first trip back to Italy since moving to Canada in the early 1900s. They were able to survive although my great-grandmother suffered a broken leg jumping into the life vessel. My mother who was a child at the time was supposed to be travelling with them. If she had went on the trip, who knows if I'd be here.

  • @vinnyvidz
    @vinnyvidz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My grandpa was on the Andrea Doria on its maiden voyage when he was around 10. He also wrote on the Christopher Colombo, but I don’t know when.

  • @arkchiller6126
    @arkchiller6126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Seeing gigantic ships capsize and tip over is the scariest thing.

    • @catlovermarty
      @catlovermarty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Andrea Doria sinking is the main reason I won't go on a cruise ship. The Titanic seems almost like folklore to me. The Andrea Doria sinking was filmed and televised which makes it real and tangible.

    • @arkchiller6126
      @arkchiller6126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@catlovermarty exactly. You could never really picture yourself in a situation like that. A 500 something man made ton mass suddenly not working as intended, and starts to sink and tip over into the depths of the vast ocean, with so many souls still on board and everyone scrambling for salvation. It’s intense and horrifying. But you don’t want to take the risk of being in that actual situation. I understand that.

    • @MrDmitriRavenoff
      @MrDmitriRavenoff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arkchiller6126 try 29,000 tons. Thats the kind of weight that just turns you into pavement lotion, even against the water.

    • @arkchiller6126
      @arkchiller6126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrDmitriRavenoff same shit. People dying and that shits sinking either way.

    • @arkchiller6126
      @arkchiller6126 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @SPENCER OTTO I saw that video immediately after this one

  • @frens_till_the_end
    @frens_till_the_end 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    Despite the numerous mistakes on both parties, it always makes me happy when people who have no correlation with each other work together to help out those in desperate need.

  • @tnwhitley
    @tnwhitley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    First, thank you for making these videos & 2nd I’m really glad there’s a place that makes these beautiful replicas of these wonderful ships!

  • @reginaphalange4182
    @reginaphalange4182 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is excellent! The perfect length, perfect everything. Thank you!

  • @dancingcarapace
    @dancingcarapace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    Yay! A Captain who did his duty right! Captain Smith of the Titanic would be proud of him

    • @toddkurzbard
      @toddkurzbard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Captain Smith ALSO 'did his duty right'.

    • @anthonyring7271
      @anthonyring7271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Captain Smith of the R.M.S. Titanic did his duty right as he stayed aboard the ship and went down with the ship as it is common practice if a ship were to go down the captain would be the last to exit OR go down with the ship. get your facts straight before you comment

    • @genekelly8467
      @genekelly8467 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@anthonyring7271 But he ignored 5 ice warnings from East-bound ships. Should have at least slowed his speed (as the 2nd officer advised).

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@genekelly8467 He didn’t ignore any though, there was one that never made it to the bridge but by then they had gotten so many it wouldn’t matter. Captain Smith had already changed course south to try to avoid the icebergs, and slowing down wasn’t seen as much of an option as few other liners did it and it would look bad for a captain to slow down a scheduled ship for something that was seen as “minor” as icebergs. I also highly doubt Lightoller of all people would suggest slowing down. His later career would prove he himself was a very aggressive naval officer (he attacked a fricken zeppelin with a torpedo boat and even in WW2 he personally took his own motor yacht to rescue British soldiers stranded in Dunkirk). His own accounts of the sinking also seem to suffer from a case of the “unreliable narrator”.

    • @henriquen.8611
      @henriquen.8611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Daddy Cap. Smith woud be proud

  • @andresmora691
    @andresmora691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I don't think you understand how obsessed I am with all of your boat videos. They are the most interesting thing ever

  • @metalted6128
    @metalted6128 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super simple to break down why things go wrong, AFTER it happens.
    Thank you for the video!!!

  • @CarolAnn-gh9fl
    @CarolAnn-gh9fl ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Ile de France was one of the most beautiful ships afloat

  • @markisparklez7758
    @markisparklez7758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    I wish I could go back in time to be there when someone’s dumbass said “I know that if two ships every come close like this, we are supposed to go right...but hear me out...what if we went LEFT”

    • @13dg
      @13dg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you need to think that the radar and the rules around it at the time werent as good as now. now add that to the fact that Andrea Doria had the shoals at the starboard so on their perspective it would be dngerous do turn for that side.
      It was still the wrong decision. that doesnt change, and the outcome is obvious now, but we need to put ourselves in their position at that time.

  • @abubakrhaffejee8073
    @abubakrhaffejee8073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    I must say that I take my hat off for the captain and officers that stayed on the ship till the last passenger left

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Back then captain is expected to "Go down with the ship"

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@AaronShenghao it’s still expected. The Concordia captain who abandoned the still sinking ship was held responsible because of abandoning his post while there were still people who could be saved.

    • @Frserthegreenengine
      @Frserthegreenengine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@doubtful_seer Same with that South Korean Ferry, the Captain was literally the first one off while High school students were left on the ship. Almost all the crew on that ship survived and most of the students died. the Captain was subsequently jailed for life, he was lucky to avoid the death penalty.

    • @ptrd4111
      @ptrd4111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      As they should. The captain and crew are responsible with evacuating the passengers from the ship. When they bail early they are essentially leaving panicked and confused passengers to die.

    • @alfonsrasmus4710
      @alfonsrasmus4710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Reportedly the captain wanted to go down with his ship due to his mistakes, but the crew forced him to abandon the ship with everyone else

  • @presrvb
    @presrvb ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to check that book out from the library when I was middle school aaallll the time!!! I loved the artists drawing they were so detailed and captivating

  • @Troyjr2423
    @Troyjr2423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm glad they're was hope for the survivors, especially when the de France came to the rescue, what a hero!

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    One of the survivor, a young lady named Linda Morgan, was actually asleep in the front part of the Andrea Doria when it hit the Stockholm. Her sister and stepfather were killed, but Linda herself was somehow lifted from the Doria and thrown to the deck of the Stockholm by the impact where she was discovered by a crewmember

    • @b-chroniumproductions3177
      @b-chroniumproductions3177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think you've switched the ship names up but yeah

    • @Dulcimertunes
      @Dulcimertunes 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read that book

    • @JamesBond-uz2dm
      @JamesBond-uz2dm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sometimes fate can be kind; this was one such time. She was the first survivor from the Andre Doria, picked up by the Stockholm.

    • @EdisonCollector
      @EdisonCollector 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Her sister Joan was not so fortunate.

    • @annbush1826
      @annbush1826 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EdisonCollector the ice breaker bow pierced the ship’s side at speed and as Stockholm was simultaneously at full reverse on her engines she backed that rapidly with the young girl on deck. A bizarre and terrible miracle.

  • @uhejnjd
    @uhejnjd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1910

    Can you imagine being in the correct shipping lane, not having a problem with your radar, being the first to make a move to get out of the way of a ship, not being the ship that tears into your hull, having more casualties, and overall having more problems in the accident.....yet being "officially" blamed for the accident. Makes me wonder how that other ship got away with it.

    • @SoulDuckling126
      @SoulDuckling126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +357

      Exactly, stockholm turn to right side but they're the ONE who cruising on wrong side. They're the one who cause this

    • @cheery-hex
      @cheery-hex 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I think there was more at play in that decision than facts

    • @rogue_asami4522
      @rogue_asami4522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +324

      @taxid3rmy So being 20 miles north of the correct shipping lane in an effort to save time and having your radar on the wrong settings are not violations of maritime law? They wouldn’t have had to turn if the Stockholm had been where it was supposed to be.

    • @miffy1135
      @miffy1135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      @taxid3rmy It was Stockholm's fault to begin with. They weren't supposed to be there in the first place. If Stockholm stayed in theirs line, this situation probably wouldn't have happened.

    • @dariusmagnus6926
      @dariusmagnus6926 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      It's Stockholm Syndrome.

  • @sopad4629
    @sopad4629 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My goodness, I salute you with your research on all these maritime disasters. They are reality that they are so scary. Lately, I’ve enjoyed my last cruise to the Mexican Riviera with Royal Carribean and wanted to cruise for the rest of my life and now I’m watching all these disasters. God help us all.

  • @TheSaltydog07
    @TheSaltydog07 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heartbreaking but fascinating. Very well produced. Thank you ❤️

  • @Imstaringintoyoursoul
    @Imstaringintoyoursoul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2248

    Y’all need to stop labeling ships “unsinkable”

    • @aksalaheddine78
      @aksalaheddine78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      Ya gotta call it “sinkable” then it won’t sink

    • @MC-es7oe
      @MC-es7oe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Imstaringintoyoursoul I sometimes wonder how people get their usernames. No hate though!♥️

    • @Imstaringintoyoursoul
      @Imstaringintoyoursoul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@MC-es7oe 💀

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      They never labeled the Andrea Doria as unsinkable, they only labeled it as being very safe. They also never labeled Titanic as unsinkable either, the closest they got was a magazine that said it was “so safe it’s practically unsinkable!”. The newspapers gave it that label after the sinking. Funny enough, the only liner I can think of that was actually labeled as unsinkable was the United States, which is still afloat

    • @seaotter4439
      @seaotter4439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If I were to ever make a big ship like a yacht, I'd say that "While it may be pretty safe, there is still a low, but non-zero chance of it sinking."

  • @gallucciart164
    @gallucciart164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Loved seeing this. My parents sailed aboard the Andrea Doria one year before it sank. We have several items they saved, like, menus, flyers about activities and other items. Thank you for this video.

    • @sed6657
      @sed6657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Really?? I’d love to see some photos! Do you have a site where they’re posted for viewing?? That’s such an amazing thing to own, you’re so lucky, hindsight is wonderful (-:

    • @gallucciart164
      @gallucciart164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@sed6657 not at this time, but I can get them from my sister and will post, will remember you...

    • @TheFlopped2979
      @TheFlopped2979 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gallucciart164 do u remember

    • @idontknow21101
      @idontknow21101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@TheFlopped2979I don't think he remembered

  • @Dimorphos31
    @Dimorphos31 ปีที่แล้ว

    such beautiful narration! thank you! such a joy to watch this 😊

  • @pattismithurs9023
    @pattismithurs9023 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Really enjoyed this. The story is probably the first news story I remember - I was 9 years old at the time. It is great to see the whole sad story. Like many, I was devoted to the story of the Titanic. Later, I travelled from Montreal to Liverpool (Cunard's Carinthia) and London to Montreal (on the SS Alexander Pushkin - now THAT was interesting!).

  • @manuelacosta9463
    @manuelacosta9463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    What a tragedy of errors, bad weather and rushing. Worst combination. Strange that many only know about this incident because of Seinfeld.

    • @memyname1771
      @memyname1771 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Most people are too young to remember the television news coverage that occurred. You couldn't miss it at the time. Now, with so many cable channels and the internet, there is no common experience. I never saw anything about it on Seinfeld. However, I never watched Seinfeld.

    • @LloydBraun11
      @LloydBraun11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The sea was angry that day my friends!

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Common experience versus what the experience holds dear... are two very different things

    • @einar8019
      @einar8019 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hey at least the stockholm had a strong hull and dident sink

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@einar8019 true

  • @ShHeMiLeRe
    @ShHeMiLeRe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    I saw Astoria (formerly Stockholm) in person during its voyage around the Baltic a few years ago. It was an eerie sight knowing the history surrounding it but it seems I was the only one who knew or cared.

    • @gerardacronin334
      @gerardacronin334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I saw the Astoria in Cobh, Ireland in 2018. I didn’t know her history at the time, but I was curious about this vintage ship and went searching on Google.

  • @Massev6871
    @Massev6871 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really well made! I remember as a child being gripped by a programme about this ship. Great work.

  • @Stephanvann1965
    @Stephanvann1965 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video, I love this type if stuff, not the loss of life but the documentary/educational elements.

  • @jeenkzk5919
    @jeenkzk5919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1195

    Imagine cruising through a VAST sea, no one for hundreds of miles, and you STILL manage to hit someone. Smooth move, Ex Lax

    • @anthonyazore3139
      @anthonyazore3139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      dude there are designated paths

    • @thatonewaguy7841
      @thatonewaguy7841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      It was in a designated shipping lane and there was heavy fog

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      I do you one better, imagine the vast sky, and two jet airplanes can still managed to hit each other... (2002 Überlingen mid-air collision)

    • @anthonyazore3139
      @anthonyazore3139 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@AaronShenghao same principle large amounts of planes go to big international airports and there are also popular routes in the skies

    • @megandunnett7900
      @megandunnett7900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@anthonyazore3139 yeah, but airplanes fly at different heights for that reason and I’m pretty sure there were other factors in that crash if it is the one I am thinking of 🤔.

  • @dinox1098
    @dinox1098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    Andrea doria: Exists
    MS Stockholm: *im about to end this ship's whole career*

    • @bigmac8230
      @bigmac8230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Hms Hood:Exists
      Bismarck:I'm about to end this ship's whole career...

    • @hpep9159
      @hpep9159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      yamato: exists
      Planes: I'm about to end this mans whole career

    • @CloneLoli
      @CloneLoli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Le Reddit Meme

    • @kierancalder8573
      @kierancalder8573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Were a bunch of ship nerds😂

    • @hpep9159
      @hpep9159 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kierancalder8573 yes, yes we are

  • @dionlindsay2
    @dionlindsay2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant and articulate documentary - that really was a joy to watch!

  • @WmHildy
    @WmHildy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have to say, you did an excellent job with this. Very informative

  • @somasapienalex5403
    @somasapienalex5403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    Remember that episode of Seinfeld when George loses a new apartment because they gave it to an andrea doria survivor. "THATS NO TRAGEDY!"

    • @hwogrillo
      @hwogrillo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      How many people do they lose on a regular cruise? 20 or 30?

    • @PV1230
      @PV1230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The Stockholm may not have sunk ya, but I will!

    • @khloeknievel3874
      @khloeknievel3874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's nothing compared to my life as a short, stocky, slow witted bald man.

    • @xMuRDoCx
      @xMuRDoCx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      OMG, Exactly what I was thinking when i saw the title of this video!

    • @AintThatJustTheWay
      @AintThatJustTheWay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@PV1230 Is that Moss in your profile pic?

  • @Tuberuser187
    @Tuberuser187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    The Liners always look so graceful and beautiful when you compare them to modern cruise ships, the Andrea Doria was an exceptional example of the grace and beauty of the Liners.

    • @viviviv7325
      @viviviv7325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Stockholm is now the oldest liner still cruising the ocean. She is a pretty ship.

    • @viviviv7325
      @viviviv7325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The Stockholm is now the oldest liner still cruising the ocean. She is a pretty ship.

    • @idontknowwhatimdoinghere
      @idontknowwhatimdoinghere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@viviviv7325 OMG!

    • @ShipsandGames
      @ShipsandGames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@idontknowwhatimdoinghere What?

  • @simonrice7137
    @simonrice7137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really interesting. Thank you for this video. It’s quite a moving thing to see a ship go down like that so quickly. Fantastic that it went down mid century so we have this dramatic footage. Also that so few people died

  • @Billw0006
    @Billw0006 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw my parents off when they took Andrea Doria from New York to Europe the year before she sank. A chilling memory all these years considering. Excellent video. Thanks

  • @brenthinshaw8391
    @brenthinshaw8391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Possibly the most wholesome video sponsor in TH-cam history, dude even still has an AOL account

  • @RitaLovelyMeter
    @RitaLovelyMeter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    My late grandfather was retired from the U.S. Coast Guard and an avid sailor. He used to tell me stories of shipwrecks he had assisted with, and my grandparents home was always full of nauticle replicas and books on maritime disasters. Watching the shipwreck videos you put out makes me feel close to him, like I'm listening to one of his stories. If he were still alive I would definitely save to get him one of those amazing replicas. I really appriciate the effort you put into these and I hope you keep making them!

    • @ciaralikestodraw
      @ciaralikestodraw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Awww that’s sweet! Also sorry about ur grandfather he sounds like a caring person!

  • @johngilley2989
    @johngilley2989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A bygone era when some things were pretty certain and sanity reigned. As an 11 year old newspaper boy, I recall sitting on the curb in my west Baltimore neighborhood, and reading the article in the Evening Sun. I'd go back in a heartbeat.

  • @andrewharvey149
    @andrewharvey149 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an excellent documentary about the sinking of the AD. Very informative. Well done!

  • @alexanderwolf2216
    @alexanderwolf2216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Ever since the Costa Concordia video, I’ve been obsessed with your sunken ships videos ☺️ you should do more of these sunken ship videos

  • @agnosticlibertarian175
    @agnosticlibertarian175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    The andrea doria carried the prototype for the Chrysler Norseman, it was lost during the sinking

    • @Clay3613
      @Clay3613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Can't believe he overlooked that.

    • @colonthree
      @colonthree 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wait, this car's roof design is the inspiration for all the rooves I have made for the sedans in my game so far. ;w;

    • @Pirategirl4nightwish
      @Pirategirl4nightwish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Clay3613 It is mentioned in the description with other links to things.

    • @AkitaSyn
      @AkitaSyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Clay3613 probably just cut for time to focus more on the ships themselves

    • @arnepianocanada
      @arnepianocanada 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes, a classy concept car with cantilevered roof and thus no A-pillars. Its ruin is still visible in the Doria wreck.

  • @BlackNovember_94
    @BlackNovember_94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:05 I’ve bought that exact same book back in 2006. I took it with me everywhere much to the annoyance of my mother. I loved ships so much I made models out of cereal boxes & milk bottles. I even got a blue ribbon prize for one of them.

  • @lucasmenard8544
    @lucasmenard8544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This book was at my elementary school library and it Wasn't until 4th grade that I actually took the time to read it, every other time I would just stare in awe at the amazing and Erie pictures.

  • @kenshin891
    @kenshin891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Any mention of the one of a kind Chrysler Norseman? It was a concept car built in cooperation with an Italian company. It was supposed to be a big showpiece at an upcoming US auto show but they sent it over on the Andrea Dorea

    • @TheQuirkyGarage1999
      @TheQuirkyGarage1999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I was hoping i would mention that...

    • @darraghmckenna9127
      @darraghmckenna9127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Built by Ghia.
      I think it was worth 100k when they shipped it.

    • @Kaidhicksii
      @Kaidhicksii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Learned about that on a picture someone drew on DeviantArt. That just sucked. :P

    • @ManiacalBlueberry
      @ManiacalBlueberry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its mentioned in the description

    • @robertyoung3992
      @robertyoung3992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Doria*

  • @coolgirl312
    @coolgirl312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    This goes to show that these sailing rules and protocols are there for a reason, they work! When you break rules or take shortcuts, disaster can happen. But it also shows that, when you follow proper rescue procedures, many lives can be saved. Everything from the ships helping each other, to nearby ships responding to distress calls, to the captain staying on leading rescue operations until the end was done accordingly.
    Also you should never brand any ship as unsinkable

    • @MarkoLomovic
      @MarkoLomovic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Unless it is called MS stockholm that thing was running for what 90-100 years

    • @benmackarel295
      @benmackarel295 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Marko Lomovic 70 I think

    • @MarkoLomovic
      @MarkoLomovic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@benmackarel295 yeah that is insane

    • @dancingcarapace
      @dancingcarapace 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MarkoLomovic 72 as of 2020

    • @warlynx5644
      @warlynx5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ship: *Titled as unsinkable*
      Nature: “Aight, wanna bet on that?” *Readies icebergs and underwater terrain*

  • @richardmourdock2719
    @richardmourdock2719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I remember reading a book about the Andrea Doria's final cruise back in the 60s. One of the things that struck me is that one of the passengers on the Andrea Doria was asleep in her cabin. After the collision, she woke up on the Stockholm. She survived but was badly injured as I recall (lost a leg, I think). From the seamanship point of view though, the big, big story here was that the Andrea Doria capsized.. which is to say it rolled over, something it was never suppose to be able to do. But of course the Titantic was suppose to be unsinkable... see a theme here??

    • @stevenschnepp576
      @stevenschnepp576 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, that you pay too much attention to myths propagated by journalists.

  • @jeffreypeikin9399
    @jeffreypeikin9399 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent narration, easy to follow, and extremely interesting!!!

  • @PRR5406
    @PRR5406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I listened to the sinking live, sitting on the edge of my parent's bed, in 1956. I've been obsessed with the sinking and the wreck ever since. I've written a book for kids age 11-16 regarding the ship. Might get it published someday.

    • @jennaurg9949
      @jennaurg9949 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope to read it

    • @rachelwyatt6030
      @rachelwyatt6030 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You should publish it, even if you just start online! My daughters would be obsessed with a book like that !!

  • @misslittledove
    @misslittledove 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    There is always something bitterly ironic about two ships colliding at sea. All that space and yet they still manage to crash into one another.

    • @jackthorton10
      @jackthorton10 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like two projections hitting the same thing

    • @JKARAZMOJML
      @JKARAZMOJML 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was funny when one turned and the other turned the “same” way trying to “avoid” them more but just decided to crash into them instead

    • @Daniel_Huffman
      @Daniel_Huffman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The chances become higher the closer you get to land, not to mention the presence of shipping lanes that take advantage of the oceanic currents.

  • @zogzog1063
    @zogzog1063 ปีที่แล้ว

    A well told story. Thank you sir! Thank you very much.

  • @DuffyTheGander
    @DuffyTheGander ปีที่แล้ว

    I still have that book! I grew up fascinated with the old ocean liners pre jet era. Im happy to see im not the only one who grew up that way

  • @Collymillad
    @Collymillad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    Weird how the Captain didn't "fall" into a lifeboat.

    • @Melpomene_Darling
      @Melpomene_Darling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      oh, i understood that reference!

    • @carmelabalter208
      @carmelabalter208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ipf lol

    • @kaydenchan7093
      @kaydenchan7093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      IPF he was forced to, the other crewmates told him to do so

    • @stargazng
      @stargazng 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LMFAOKDDJ YEPP

    • @charlielouise2428
      @charlielouise2428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@kaydenchan7093 then rowed away, refused over and over to go back, ran away when he got to land and tried to go into hiding. Yeah he was definitely forced to do that.

  • @allentac6222
    @allentac6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +594

    Fun fact: The pools still have water in them.

  • @JochenLLL
    @JochenLLL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a nice presentation!

  • @LoganLavery
    @LoganLavery 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Informative and the narrator pleasant to listen to, unlike many other TH-cam documentaries out there.

  • @kyleyuen245
    @kyleyuen245 3 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    Me: did you die
    Stockholm: Yes, but I lived

    • @itstomatogear6806
      @itstomatogear6806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Congratulations 🎉👏 of being the top comment 👍😁 (as of now 😈)

    • @redshirt5126
      @redshirt5126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Stockholm: Well yes, but actually no.

    • @justnoah2073
      @justnoah2073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sadly yes, but I lived!

    • @lucaskoring4500
      @lucaskoring4500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      *me when I hear stockholm had icebreaking bow*
      Oh shite I already sea were this is going.

  • @zombie_hunter3456
    @zombie_hunter3456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    I know everyone says this, but imagine if Jake had his own Netflix show. The content that would come out of that would be incredible (it already is)

    • @jimijamesnoob685
      @jimijamesnoob685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was thinking the same thing. His content is fantastic!

    • @SleutherStrode
      @SleutherStrode 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      give him a show somebody

    • @stefanielozinski
      @stefanielozinski 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Honestly though!!!

    • @djhenyo
      @djhenyo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Netflix would "influence" Jake to start talking about different types content. No Thanks, you echo chamber ignoramus!

    • @tylernilson7021
      @tylernilson7021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      imagine paying for something I am getting for free

  • @DruManjiDrew
    @DruManjiDrew 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Another great and informative idea! Thank you

  • @jaynichols7932
    @jaynichols7932 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was on the Boston waterfront last weekend and saw the Nantucket lightship docked across the harbor from the seaport district - made me think of Andrea Doria. Absolutely amazed The Stockholm is still sailing!!

  • @lemmythebulldog8812
    @lemmythebulldog8812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Seriously the term “Unsinkable” needs to stop being applied to ships
    If you want to apply that to a space station FINE DO THAT cuz there’s no fuckin water in space

    • @robertyoung3992
      @robertyoung3992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the term unsinkable was never applied to the Andrea Doria

    • @gallriothe1189
      @gallriothe1189 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @thespyeye668
      @thespyeye668 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Calling a space station "unsinkable" is great, until a chunk of debris tears a hole in the hull and everyone pops like slightly frozen water balloons.

    • @Hodoss
      @Hodoss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      A spacecraft can sink into a planet’s atmosphere so even a space station can’t be called unsinkable.

    • @Bready_Player_Bun
      @Bready_Player_Bun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is why you name your ship the SS DOOMED TO FAIL. That way, you cancel out the jinx with a double negative!

  • @motorola762
    @motorola762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Maritime replicas made an absolutely stunning model of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Even with the 5% discount I could never dream of justifying to myself purchasing such a beautiful piece.

    • @BrightSunFilms
      @BrightSunFilms  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I feel that, however I would reach out and see what they have in a more reasonable price range!

    • @little2589
      @little2589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BrightSunFilms have you see the story of the sinking of the rms Olympic

  • @arctic_desert
    @arctic_desert 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are so so so interesting thank you so much for the work.

  • @dah72007
    @dah72007 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent video and informative, loved it, thanks for sharing!