The Sinking of the Andrea Doria 

Congratulations on the video! in this simulator you are the best!

The officer of the deck should have known something was wrong by the ominous music playing in the background.

Andrea Doria's survivors were very fortunate that numerous ships were able to respond pretty quickly. That probably saved hundreds of lives.

I respect the captain of Andrea Doria more than the one of the Costa Concordia

My father was a U.S. Navy pilot. He was ordered to fly to the wreck site and offer assistance if needed. He flew a PBY that could land in the water. He told me that when he was there the ship was listing heavily to starboard just as your video shows...He said he stayed there for some time before he was told to return as all the passengers had been safely evacuated.

Piero Calamai died at age 75 in 1972 a broken man, his final words were "Are the passengers safe.?"

I’m surprised that the Stockholm was able to stay afloat after the collision

One of my favorite ships! I first learned about her through her fictional sister, the SS Antonia Graza from the 2002 movie Ghost Ship. When I was 10, I used to think the Antonia Graza was real, and dreamed of finding her and restoring her to make her my personal family ocean liner. When I found out about the Andrea Doria, I felt very sad that she can't be raised and restored.😪 I won't be missing this premiere.

weird that the stockholm still sails today

Fact: The Stockholm is still sailing to this day!

[Read more on the article] here's the story of the cunard ausonia liner: [ on 1909 the ship liner ausonia was built by a another line. Soon in 1911 the sister of the ausonia was built, the franconia. In 1918. The cargo and passenger liner was spotted by a u-boat. They torpedoed the liner she sunk in minutes, also, the sister of the ausonia, franconia sunk by u-boat u.s.s uc-47.]

This illustrates another tragic fact about sinking ships. And that is that even with life boats, it's still no guarantee you'll survive. Especially with the HMHS Britannic.

I love how Stockholm stayed until the recuse ship came

Always loved the Andrea Doria. Can’t’ wait!

Fun fact:Stolkholm Is actully still in service still to this day her new name is Astoria. Yup she’s still here and you can ride a cruse by the ship that sunk andrea doria.

I was a kid when this happened. I still remember reading about it in the newspapers. I still remember one story. It seems when the Stockholm pulled away a a girl in her bed came with her from the AD.

The Andrea Doria is surprisingly similar to the Empress of Ireland sinking and somewhat to the SS Artic's and Admiral Nakhimov, just with thankfully, much less lives lost, Also, commemorate all of them by making videos about them, plese

Surprisingly, one of the Andrea Doria’s passengers was Rock & Roll songwriting legend Mike Stoller. He and Jerry Lieber got a #1 hit with Elvis Presley after the Andrea Doris sank. Just wanted to put that out there.

Remember this so well as a child watching it on the cinema news. Didn't have television in those days.

This is the flight channel for boats

My mother’s friend was afraid to fly, and regularly sailed over to Italy to visit family. She had sailed to Italy in the summer of 1956 on the Andrea Doria. It was on its return trip to New York that she collided with the Stockholm and sank. After that, my mother’s friend said she’d risk flying.

The 2002 Film Ghost Ship is based off of this ship on the movie it is called the Antonia Graza

Beautifully done history comes to life with your work. This is simply outstanding, thank you for posting it to UTube for others to enjoy.

My Italian Grandparents sailed on the Andrea Doria the summer of 1995, from New York bound to Italy. one year before it sunk. I was 12 and got to go aboard to see the ship and say goodbye. I do recall the beautiful frescos, furniture and their stateroom. We have some memorabilia from the ship.

The captain was truly honourable, much unlike that of Concordia.

Great video as always, your ship simulator videos are really enjoyable to watch:) R.I.P to everyone who died in this tragedy:(

I was 4 years old when this happened. I still remember my mother showing me the newspaper headline and picture of the ship on her side.

Captain Piero Calamai was a damn hero!

An amazing and heart touching vid man

So sad to see great ships die like this.....At least the Stockholm survived. Great job,as ever😎👌!

L'andrea Doria dominava il mare con la sua arte e la sua eleganza, onore al comandante piero calamai e alla Sua bellissima nave!

I grew up on the Westside of Manhattan, many of my uncles and friends Dads were Longshoremen. I was very familiar with the shipping lines and their ocean liners. My Dad would take my brother and my sister and myself and walk along the piers on the Westside. As children were impressed with the size of all the great passenger liners at their piers. My Uncle Pat worked for the Swedish Line as a Longshoremen. When the Stockholm returned to New York with survivors from the Andria Dora, my Dad took my brother and I to watch the Doria dock. I can still see the image of the crushed bow of the Stockholm, as the ship approauched the pier. All the passengers on deck rushed to the pier side of the Stockholm, as a result of people rushing to one side of the ship. The Stockholm listed towards the pier, there was a HUGE GASP from the crowd on the street and pier. People thought they were going to witness another tragic event with the capsizing of the Stockholm at its birth. Fortunately the Stockholm was able to handle the rush of people on the deck. I was 6 years old when that happened and I can still see the Stockholm in my mind from that day. Just an FYI.

Beautifully done. !!

I don’t really watch your videos but I can tell you put a lot of effort into your videos, great job! :)

Agree, perfectly made- thanks!

Stolkholm: leaves new york Empress Of Ireland: ah sh*t here we go again

I would love to see a remake on this video. Great video as always Blue Star Line!!

This is the maritime version of when you come face to face with someone on the street and you have to decide to go to the left or right of them

My dad was part of the Coast Guard rescue team. He still has pictures of her just before she sank.

when the Andrea Doria was built, the most expensive part was to glue the pool water to the ship

Île-de-France Capt. On her arrival: "Well look at this! Looks like we made it just in the nick of time! What does that make us?" Île-de-France XO: "Big damn heroes Sir." Île-de-France Capt: "Ain't we just." For context... this wasn't the only time Île-de-France had been involved in such a rescue. When she arrived she had every light possible on, her horn blaring, and her arrival was such a sight to behold everyone involved knew that anyone alive in that moment was going to survive. The most interesting part, is that she willingly held back many of her own boats during the rescue for the safety of her own passengers and crew... and still got everyone off of the Doria.

Beautiful music.

Stockholm be lIke, ‘yeah, sorry bout dat. I’m out. ✌️’

Thank you for the awesome rendering of what happened. I’m reading a book called “Desperate Hours” about what happened, but I like to see what happened too. Your video hit the mark for sure! In the book it says that the Stockholm stayed on scene and rescued a couple hundred people. The Stockholm was immortalized cuz the anchor was lowered (taking a 19yr old man) and got tangled up on the ocean floor.

By the time of the sinking, all of the starboard lifeboats were already gone. This video shows them intact. I know it's just a small detail, but it's a fact. Also, as it sank, the Andrea Doria was slightly stern up. In fact, the last part of the ship that was visible was the port-side screw. The ship did not ease beneath the water in a uniform manner. It was slightly bow down at the end. But good video.

Nice job on the Stockholm bow damage. looks real! Wonderful job on this!

Andrea Doria: *literally sinks* All ships hearby: *aight ima head out*

This channel is great!

Hat's off to French Line Captain "Baron Raoul de Beaudean", master of the "ILE DE FRANCE" and his men. Had it not been for his decision to turn the helm and head back to the Doria, hundreds of lives would have been lost. The French seamen were also VERY capable at their duty as not one single passenger was lost in their hands throughout that grueling night. These men are true heroes.

Titanic disaster hero: RMS Carpathia Andrea Doria disaster hero: SS Ile de France Huge respect from India🇮🇳

You guys make the best vids

5:34 :"When she arrived (ile de France) it was almost nightfall, so she turned on her lights." An erroneous statement. The collision occured about 11:10PM; The Ile De France had already passed and the Captain Beaudean turned around and steamed straight for the accident, arriving in the middle of the night, and then turned on her lights. Brand new book out on this tragedy, "The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria" by Greg King and Penny Wilson.

My grandmother immigrated from Italy to NY in 1955, shortly before it’s maiden voyage. Insanity

Very insightful, Great animation 👍👍

I love the music

Looking forward to this....

The first lifeboats to reach SS Stockholm carried white jacketed stewards from the Andrea Doria who fled the latter before the passengers they were serving were able to escape in the lifeboats that remained.

I'll wait until it's released I don't miss it for anything in the world

I was reading a book long time ago which unfortunately I can’t remember name but shortly after the collision, one of the poor crewmen of the Stockholm got wrapped up by one of the anchor chains and was dragged under to his death; don’t think his body was recovered. Another survivor of the Doria saw a woman passenger stumbling out of the wreckage and clearly mortally wounded (just mentioned side/stomach was torn open), and fell overboard out of the impact hole.

These r so cool like live action, but sad to think what they went through on board 😮😢

This is VERY well done (aside from the fact there is no hole in the DORIA's starboard side).

Great video BSL! But I noticed some things that differ from how it actually happened: First of all, the collision was late in the night (11:10 pm); the Ille de France arrived at the scene some hours later, in the early morning, not the early evening; and finally, the Andrea Doria sank bow first, not all as a whole. But, as I said, great video anyway. I love that ship and its story. RIP all the 51 people who died in the disaster 🙏🏼

My wife's parents were booked on that trip back to New York after their honeymoon but cancelled at the last minute. She still has the tickets

Your ship model are, in general, very good. The collision happened at 11:20pm at night. Stockholm was entering fog, Andrea Doria was in the thick of it.. Ile De France arrived in the morning, while it was still dark. Doria's right side lifeboats were all launched, port side were trapped in place. The doomed liner had a massive hole under the starboard bridge wing and immediately assumed an 18 degree list which increased in fits and starts. When she finally went over, her bow descended to the sea bed first, and hit the ocean floor before her stern was evacuated of air. I've written a book about the collision and wreckage, so I know from whence I write. Your graphics are good, but the sequences are not in correct order or incomplete. I applaud your skill in attempting to develop this. Stockholm eventually received a new hull design and was just retired this year.

Ok. are you ready for this??This goes back! I worked for the telephone company and I was called in for an emergency when the ship was sinking I handled and listened in on a call from Cary Grant and his then wife Betsy Drake who was on the ship. I dont remember much of the conversation but I was really excited. Too late to get fired!

Beautiful, thank you.

I always read the Ile de France arrived around 2 in the morning... Talk about about "almost night fall"...

I really like that model of the Stockholm

Great video. There was a series of photos taken from a small aircraft overhead as the ship sank. At 8:07 in this video is when the sea the entire length of the ship was boiling white foam as roomfuls of air escaped from inside.

O my gosh that incredible. Man my congratulations 👏. Hello from Ukraine

Like the background music

Here as a Tomb Raider 2 fan, researching the Andrea Doria, the ship the Maria Doria was based on ☺️ Your video is amazing, informative, the music used sounds epic and really made me feel anxious for the events about to follow.. Genius work. 👏🏻 3.40-4.10 the last part of the second tune used, in the background, on a completely unrelated note.. Please can someone else confirm that I wasn't the only one that can slightly hear BMTH's Tell Slater solo from 2.53-3.30 🤔 Just me? 😅

Good one make more👏👏👏

In giving this a ten out of ten

My grandmother's sister-in-law was on that ship went it went down. They were coming over from Italy to attend the wedding of my grandmother's nephew. Since they were not wealthy, they had rooms below decks. Those were the ones who did not survive. It made for a solemn wedding day. I was young, but I remember it.

You did not get some of the facts right. The Stockholm collided with Andrea Doria shortly after midnight and Andrea Doria sank the next morning. The collision did NOT occur during the day!

Jesus christ the MS Stockholm didn't cut the Andrea Doria in half.

It's starting

Can you do one of one of the current ferries of Condor Ferries? A fictional sinking basically

Nice video ❤❤❤

It was epic

I remember seeing it on the news back then.

Captain Calamai was determined to go down with the ship, and left it last after his crew threatened to reboard the Andrea Doria and go down with him.

The stern was like a pivot. Once the list got extreme, the bow started to sink first.

There really needs to be model kits of the STOCKHOLM and the ANDREA DORIA... Along with the EMPRESS OF IRELAND, CARPATHIA, CALIFORNIAN, LUSITANIA, and other famous shipwrecks.

ayo marcos and star line huge fan bro

Surprised that they never made a movie about this

fun fact: stockholm is still in service Edit 1 : i did not copied i wrote this on my own seriously i did not copy this

Nice❤❤❤

It still hurts today...

*Has Empress of Ireland flashbacks suddenly*

That pool water said NO to gravity

Just so you know this wasn’t her first voyage

Very distinguishing Italian styling. She was beautiful.

wow is cool

Woaaaah

I respect blue star line

BOTH ships had radar and knew of each other's position, but still turned in such a way that made the collision inevitable. Showing a visual of the radar screens in this simulation would've been good. As it is, this simulation implies it was the fog to blame for the collision and resulting deaths.

if they ever want to raise a ship this would be the one i read a story that a girl was in the cabin that the stockholm hit and she got caught up in the front of the stockholm and pulled out of her cabin still in her bed she was hanging off the front of the stockholm a few days untill crew heard her screaming for help and saved her

In case anyone is just curious today marks 20 years since the sinking of the Russian naval submarine Kursk