Advertising Poster for the Italian Transatlantic Liner Andrea Doria (1952).
Poster celebrating the Inaugural Trip to North America, December 1952. Printed in "Album de la Mode du Figaro," No. 39, December 1952.
“On 25 July 1956, while ‘Andrea Doria’ was approaching the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, bound for New York City, the eastbound MS ‘Stockholm’ of the Swedish American Line collided with her in one of history's most infamous maritime disasters. Struck in the side, the top-heavy ‘Andrea Doria’ immediately started to list severely to starboard, which left half of her lifeboats unusable. The consequent shortage of lifeboats could have resulted in significant loss of life, but the ship stayed afloat for over 11 hours after the collision. The calm, appropriate behavior of the crew, together with improvements in communications, and the rapid response of other ships, averted a disaster similar in scale to that of ‘Titanic’ in 1912. While 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued and survived, 46 people on the ship died as a direct consequence of the collision. The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. This accident remains the worst maritime disaster to occur in United States waters since the sinking of SS ‘Eastland’ in 1915.” [Source: Wikipedia]
Advertising Poster for the Italian Transatlantic Liner Andrea Doria (1952).
Poster celebrating the Inaugural Trip to North America, December 1952. Printed in "Album de la Mode du Figaro," No. 39, December 1952.
“On 25 July 1956, while ‘Andrea Doria’ was approaching the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, bound for New York City, the eastbound MS ‘Stockholm’ of the Swedish American Line collided with her in one of history's most infamous maritime disasters. Struck in the side, the top-heavy ‘Andrea Doria’ immediately started to list severely to starboard, which left half of her lifeboats unusable. The consequent shortage of lifeboats could have resulted in significant loss of life, but the ship stayed afloat for over 11 hours after the collision. The calm, appropriate behavior of the crew, together with improvements in communications, and the rapid response of other ships, averted a disaster similar in scale to that of ‘Titanic’ in 1912. While 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued and survived, 46 people on the ship died as a direct consequence of the collision. The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning. This accident remains the worst maritime disaster to occur in United States waters since the sinking of SS ‘Eastland’ in 1915.” [Source: Wikipedia]