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alightinthelantern · 11 months

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The 1956 Chrysler Norseman was a concept car designed by Chrysler stylists and built overseas in Italy by Carrozzeria Ghia, a coachbuilding (carbody building) firm who famously did the styling for the Volkswagen Karmann Ghia models. Intended for the 1957 circuit, the car was completed in 1956 and sent from Italy to America on the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria in July.

The car was a four-seat fastback coupe with hidden headlights and a cantilevered roof supported only at its rear-end, allowing for an all-glass front windshield with no metal supports. The car was state-of-the-art, and it’s unknown how many of its daring concepts would have made it into production models, as the car never entered production. On the evening of July 25, amid heavy fog, the Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ocean liner Stockholm fifty miles south of Nantucket Island, and sank late the next morning. Forty-six people were killed in the initial collision when the Stockholm’s bow pierced the Andrea Doria’s side, but as the ship stayed afloat for eleven hours after the collision and many ships arrived to take on survivors, the remaining 1,660 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, in what became known as one of the greatest rescue operations of the 20th century. With photographers and television crews in airplanes on hand to watch the final moments, the Andrea Doria slipped beneath the waves at 11:00 AM. The Chrysler Norseman, located deep in the Andrea Doria’s garage, was lost as well, and never recovered.

Although it’s tempting to mourn the loss of such a gorgeous and daring car, I think that the daring concept elements which give the car some of its charm would have been toned down in production. A similar car from 1956, the Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser, was a radical car in its concept, with radical styling and glass roof panels above the doors that opened vertically like gullwing doors to allow for easier entrance and exit from the car’s low roof. These elements were toned down in production, with the glass panels replaced by a plain hardbody roof and the styling simplified on the carbody. Doubtless the same would have happened the the Chrysler Norseman had it entered production.

#Chrysler #1950s #Chrysler Norseman #Andrea Doria #cars #old cars #vintage #design #Carrozzeria Ghia

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propadv · 11 months

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1953 A little something between meals... on the Andrea Doria. Italian Line

Source: Time Magazine

Published at: https://propadv.com/shipping-ad-and-poster-collection/italian-line-poster-and-ad-collection/

#1953 #Italian Line #Andrea Doria #Shipping #Travel #Ad #Advert #Advertising #Poster

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your-resident-boat-person · 10 months

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I wanted to talk about boats (because I used to be obsessed with them when I was young) but I have no idea where to start.

Did you know that the ship that collided with the Andrea Doria in 1956 was still in service up until 2021? Honestly, you probably did, but that’s the only thing I could think about regarding boats.

Or what about the Olympic, the sister of the Titanic and the Britannic? I think it’s interesting that it outlived all of the other ships in its class by a milestone.

I have no idea if this is basic stuff, it probably is. Idk, the funnels of the SS United States always looked interesting to me.

I did know about the MV Astoria, I was quite sad when I heard she was laid up. She's pretty much unrecognizable compared to when she was built, but still.

The RMS Olympic is actually my favorite ocean liner of all time. Did you know she not only survived a torpedo strike during World War 1, but she also rammed and sank a U-Boat? Oceanliner Designs is a great channel, and he has a three part series on the Olympic. I'd HIGHLY recommend it (along with his other videos, including the one on the SS United States).

The SS United States is in my top 4 ocean liners, along with the Mauretania (1906), Queen Mary, and Olympic. I adore her funnels and her profile. Externally, I think she's my favorite based purely on aesthetics. Her funnels definitely contribute to that for me. Fun fact: the wings on her funnels aren't just for looks. They're designed to push the wind upwards to send the smoke away from her passenger decks. Again, I'd highly recommend Oceanliner Designs. His video on her is incredible, and it goes into detail about all of the incredible design aspects that made her the fastest liner ever built.

#ocean liner #ocean liners #rms titanic #titanic #rms olympic #ss united states #rms mauretania #mauretania #rms queen mary #andrea doria #mv astoria #astoria #cruise ship

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nosvamosserumalegiao · 4 months

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#rock nacional #legião urbana #o mistério do universo está no amor infinito #andrea doria #legiao urbana dois #dois #renato russo #marcelo bonfa #dado villalobos #spotify #musica #Spotify

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nightshadereaper66 · 5 months

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This poem is named after the Mount Everest of SCUBA diving, the Andrea Doria, which sank in 1956. The wreck lies in about 250 feet of water, which is well beyond the 130-foot limits of recreational SCUBA.

At this depth (and starting at around 100 feet), divers breathing normal air, (air that has the same percentage of oxygen and nitrogen as at the surface), experience nitrogen narcosis, exhibiting similar symptoms to those of being drunk. This is due to the higher pressure of the water and of the air that they are breathing.

Modern day deep-wreck divers use trimix or heliox, air mixes in which some or all of the nitrogen is replaced with helium. This prevents narcosis because at depth, the nitrogen (and oxygen, if divers go deep enough) becomes toxic.

If you want to read more about deep-wreck diving and narcosis, I highly recommend the book Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson.

poem in text form under the cut

Andrea Doria

Modified zejel poem

300 feet deep, I dive where cold, dark water never clears As I hear the jungle drums of my heart ringing in my ears Nitrogen working through my blood to amplify my fears

The edges of my known darken from the tunnel vision 300 feet deep where the world I know begins to fission My mind disconnecting from my body with little precision It all falls out of sync, flaking apart like a set of rusty gears

My brain shows me things that aren’t, it makes me euphoric I swim down through the porthole-portal into the historic 300 feet deep and I can’t tell the real from the metaphoric I don’t know if the salt in my eyes is from water or my tears

The ship’s corridors pull me in close, like the arms of a lover I adjust my buoyancy to prevent stirring the silt; here I hover My emotions distorted by the infinite abyss of what I could uncover 300 feet deep and dancing with narcosis as I explore the golden years

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fluffbyday-smutbynight · 2 years

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Love hits you unexpectedly, sometimes

[a ficlet about the tragic end of the SS Andrea Doria ocean liner - read on Ao3 here]

Love hits you unexpectedly, sometimes. If anyone would know, that would be me.

I was just going my usual way; something I had literally done a hundred times before. Sailing, light as a breeze, to my destination. Loaded with promises of a brighter future, with dreams and hopes of a new life for many. Inebriated with the lavish divertissements I had provided my passengers over the seven-day trip to America.

You see, I was the pride and joy of my country. A jewel of engineering, the envoy of modern progress.

I was the SS Andrea Doria, for God’s sake. Sleek. Elegant. Unsinkable…

… Little did I know, that on a warm starry night of July, my bright career – and existence – would come to a tragic end. All because of a momentous, accidental encounter.

I suppose we all have the romantic tendency to see the hand of fate at work, when we can’t make sense of unpredictable, life-changing events. “It was meant to be”, we tell ourselves, wistfully looking back at the past. Rationalising the errors of our ways. But, believe me, MS Stockholm and I weren’t meant to meet. Everything was designed, and rightfully so, to keep us apart. We were going in opposite directions, in fact.

Was it the fault of some cursory carelessness? Of the sum of unforeseeable conditions? Alas, it doesn’t matter now, and it didn’t matter then: by the time we crossed paths, there was nothing we could do to undo our misdeeds.

MS Stockholm hit me, and I crumbled under her massive deadweight tonnage.

A fatal kiss.

Granted, I should have been the strongest one – perhaps, I overlooked my own weaknesses. And like many an intense, sweeping love, she didn’t announce herself before striking me in my tenderest spot.

After that, I was left battered and adrift. A shadow of my former self. Inevitably destined to go down in history as an egregious disaster.

Oh, I cried for help. I did, and some answered at the best of their possibilities.

Among them, which I’ll be forever grateful for, SS Île de France: a dignified old-guard of the seas. In what can be described only as an heroic effort, they rushed to my rescue. A light in the dark, they tried to salvage what they could.

But, like most rebound stories, it didn’t work out in the end. I had too much baggage and too many wounds to be saved. Last I’ve heard, they pursued a career in the film industry. All my best wishes to them.

And MS Stockholm? Where was she, you might ask? She mumbled some excuse – something about her anchors getting stuck – and deserted me. And of course, she didn’t even take responsibility for the wreck she had caused. She’s still out there, somewhere, like nothing happened. Probably (hopefully!) ashamed of her wrongdoings, she changed her name and reinvented herself.

I’m afraid there isn’t a happy ending to this story: while my name lives on as a legend, and as a cautionary tale; and sometimes I get visited in the hopes of glory and riches… I found my eternal rest in the embrace of the sea.

Dreaming of all the travels I could have had.

Weeping for all that was lost, on a warm starry night of July.

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(notes and context under the cut)

For anyone who may not know about this: on 25th July 1956, on its 101st crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, SS Andrea Doria was hit and sunk by MS Stockholm right off Nantucket.

The swedish ship had been left in the hands of an inexperienced officer, had strayed off-course, and had failed to signal its presence.

SS Île de France was among the few ships coming to rescue - rushing to the site though it was already two hours off-shore - and the only one with enough lifeboats to make a difference.

Thanks to that, of the 1700+ people on board, there were "only" 51 casualties (most of which had unfortunately died on impact).

MS Stockholm got actually stuck upon the accident. And the naval company refused to take responsibility. And the ship's name was later changed to MV Astoria.

Right before being scrapped, Île de France was used as a prop in the film "The Last Voyage".

Due to its valuable cargo, the SS Andrea Doria is the frequent target of treasure divers and has been dubbed "the Mount Everest of scuba diving".

#shit fluffsmut writes #i guess that's a new tag for you bahaha #andrea doria #shipping ships #writeblr #ficlet

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paperstarzz · 9 months

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Île De France, Andrea Doria, Stockholm

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#ile de france #andrea doria #stockholm #astoria #oc #my oc #art #my art #digital art

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greateasternj69 · 1 year

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Draw a portrait of the living version of one of my favourite ocean liners to live out the cabin fever we're currently in until we can all go outside again. The SS Andrea Doria in all her pride and glory, and looking so graceful at me.

I really need to start drawing ships again, as there's a lack of users that are doing any in the highest of quality at the moment.

Picture © GreatEasternJ69

#ssandreadoria #andreadoria #Andrea Doria #ss andrea doria #livingship #livingships #livingmachine #livingmachines

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artsyboy90 · 2 years

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A bit blurry, but that’s because of the size of the file on deviantART (so I could put the watermark xD). But, Lord this was far too much fun. Also, I cannot wait for the RP which is in less than 10 days!!! AHHH. Excitement. Anyways, please enjoy! ^_^

Also, if you share this elsewhere (on other social media) PLEASE credit me with my work. It takes time for something like to this to be made. Thank-you!

#discord role play #graphic design #windows paint #digital art #pixel art #1950s #1959 #advertisement #deck plan #virgil #turbonave #andrea doria #antonia graza #ghost ship #italian maritime alliance #alleanza marittima italiana

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rabbitcoolcars · 7 days

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1956 Chrysler Plainsman Station Wagon Concept Designed by Virgil Exner, built by Ghia, lost on the sinking of the Andrea Doria in 1956 before it's unveiling.

#1956 Chrysler Plainsman #Virgil Exner #Body by Ghia #Andrea Doria

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celestialmega · 2 months

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#música #legião urbana #dois #andrea doria #Spotify

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lanaloud1992 · 4 months

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The SS Andrea Doria was an Italian ocean liner was hit by a ship on 1956. The passenger ship capsized.

#andrea doria

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azuradipose · 5 months

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She gets a LOT of shit from the other girls for being Italian.

(Deserved, if you ask the American girls (or the Japanese girls (or the German girls (or the Russian girls (or the British girls)))).)

#andrea doria

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rausule · 8 months

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Ubi Roma et Paris collaborate

Primus evidens eventus illius conventus, re vera, fuit Italiae adhaesio Franco-Britannis Fman/Fmc (Futurs missiles Anti-Navires et Missiles de Croisière) programmata missilia et cruises missilium futurarum.

Gallia et Italia cooperationem suam in campo armorum remiserunt, incipiendo a novo ordine missilium Aster-30, qui alia Samp-T Ng lagunculae pro Italico Air Force parabunt et quam ineunte hoc anno didicimus; contractus publice formalisatus per Occar die 18 mensis Iulii.

Sub finem Iunii, Italia et Gallia etiam dimidiae vitae renovationem signaverunt quattuor Orizzonte-classis eversores in servitio in Marino Nationale (Forbin et Chevalier Paul) et in uno Italico (Andrea Doria et Caio Duilio).

Italia nuper incepit quaestionem solvere quam aetate Mbt lineae (Main Battle Tank) Exercitus Italici repraesentavit: ex altera parte incepit, cum sumptu substantiali, modernizationis Ariete C1 (980 decies centena millia pro 125 praedia. quod ad Amv vexillum adducetur, usque ad 2034 cum tribus prototypis iam peractis propositis), e contra, pronuntiavit de emptione 125 pardus 2s ex Germania procedere, quarum recentissimas versiones nunc in promptu habent. forum sunt A7 et A7+.

Dr De Beer

#Ubi Roma et Paris #afrikaans #south africa #Franco-Britannis #Futurs missiles Anti-Navires et Missiles de Croisière #lucifer #Andrea Doria #Caio Duilio #Main Battle Tank)

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authorwendy · 1 year

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Accidental Heroism

The incident of the Andrea Doria is a study in human behaviour. Wars, natural disasters and tragedies bring out the best and worst of human nature. They test our selfishness, courage and kindness. Unexpected or accidental heroes and heroines emerge in hours of need. Could you be one? Would you only act to save yourself, or would you stay behind to help others and become an accidental hero?