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I Was Shipwrecked on the Andrea Doria!

Michael Poirier reviews a new book on the sinking of the Andrea…

New books celebrate Italian Ocean Liners

In a world increasingly glutted with coffee-table format books,…
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Andrea Doria : The Sinking of the Unsinkable

As with the “unsinkable” Titanic, there is tragic irony in the “unsinkable” Andrea Doria account. We all know too well what caused the demise of the former: the hull breached by the ripping damage of a gigantic iceberg. But how and why did a newer ship, sailing warm waters and built to withstand a powerful impact, meet its end?