page_title: MV Astoria
section_title: Collision with Andrea Doria
hierarchical_section_title: MV Astoria / Collision with Andrea Doria
caption_attribution_description: English: Bell from the bow of the m/s Stockholm salvaged form the wreck of the Area Doria
context_page_description: MV Astoria was constructed as the transatlantic liner MS Stockholm in 1948 for Swedish American Line, and subsequently rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1993. At 72 years old, she was the oldest passenger liner still sailing in deep water routes. During her seven decades of service she has passed through several owners and sailed under the names Völkerfreundschaft, Volker, Fridtjof Nansen, Italia I, Italia Prima, Valtur Prima, Caribe, Athena, and Azores before beginning service as Astoria in March 2016. Astoria sailed with Cruise & Maritime Voyages; her final cruise was scheduled for October 2020 but was laid up in Tilbury in March 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
  As Stockholm, she was best known for an accidental collision with Andrea Doria in July 1956, resulting in the sinking of the latter ship and 46 fatalities off the coast of Nantucket.
context_section_description: On the night of July 25, 1956, at 11:10 pm, in heavy fog in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket, Stockholm and Andrea Doria of the Italian Line collided in what was to become one of history's most notorious maritime disasters.
  Although most passengers and crew survived the collision, the larger Andrea Doria luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. Owing to the collision, 50% of Andrea Doria's lifeboats were unusable. However, a number of ships, including the SS Ile de France, responded and provided assistance, which averted a massive loss of life.
  Five members of Stockholm's crew were killed instantly, and several more were trapped in the wrecked bow. Despite its having lost about 3 ft (0.9 m) of freeboard, the crippled Stockholm helped in the rescue and ended up carrying 327 passengers and 245 crew members from Andrea Doria, in addition to her own passengers and crew.
  After the ships had separated, as Stockholm crew members were beginning to survey the damage, a miraculous discovery was made. On the top deck of Stockholm, one of the crew came across Linda Morgan, who had been thrown from her bed on Andrea Doria as the two ships collided and landed on Stockholm's deck, suffering moderate but not life-threatening injuries.
  After Andrea Doria sank, Stockholm sailed to New York City under her own power and arrived on July 27. There, the crushed bow portion was repaired at a cost of US$1 million three months later at Bethlehem Shipyard in Brooklyn, NY.
  An inquiry followed the events, with a settlement reached after 6 months between the Italian Line and Swedish American Line.
caption: Damaged bell from the bow of the m/s Stockholm, salvaged from the wreck of the Andrea Doria and currently displayed on board the Astoria
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