Welcome to Shipwreck Sunday! We are Derek and Elinor, a couple who loves movies, games, TV shows, and ships! In this podcast, we discuss shipwrecks and how they affect our everyday life.
In today’s video… Elinor walks you through the 1956 sinking of the famous SS Andrea Doria and the harrowing rescue effort after the fact!
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The bow is the very front part of the ship, and the very back end of it is called the stern. The port side is the left and the starboard side is the right. Propellers are sometimes referred to as “screws.” The hull is the metal sides of the ship, the keel is the very bottom of it, and the superstructure is the top deck, usually made of wood. Smokestacks or funnels are large tunnels on top of the ship used to direct steam and smoke away from the deck. Masts are large wooden poles on the deck of the ship, usually used to hoist sails or hold a crow’s nest where crew members can see for miles around the vessel. Beam is a measurement that refers to the width of the ship.
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Another strong effort…At this rate you'll have to change your disclaimer. You are a "mariner"…. historian.
Good Vid! The Chrysler Corporation had a concept car "Norseman" Made by Ghia in Italy was on The Andrea Doria. The ONLY one built .
Please do ones on ships lost in the Great Lakes storm of 1913
Multiple sinkings happened:
Leafield (1892)
Henry B Smith (1906)
Plymouth (1854)
Argus (1905)
James C Carruthers (1913)
Hydrus (1903)
John A McGean (1908)
Charles S. Price (1910)
Regina (1907)
Issac M. Scott (1909)
Wexford (1883)
LV-82 (1911)
Louisiana (1887) the only total loss whose crew survived.
There's potential for a series arc here.
Such a beautiful ship.
Such a tragic end for its passengers and crew.
Throughout history ships have listed when stricken. And yet they still design lifeboats that cannot be launched during any significant list. How many thousands of people must die before this long standing fallacy is remedied ?
I have even heard of boats that cannot launch when the ships electric power is disrupted….Like that never happens during a sinking..
RMS Leinster is a great ship to do a video about the National Maritime Museum of Ireland holds lots of artifacts about the sinking 🤙🏽🇨🇮