Alvin Moscow COLLISION COURSE, THE STORY OF THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE 'ANDREA DORIA' AND THE 'STOCKHOLM', Longmans Green and Co, First Edition, 1959. Hardcover in good condition, page after title page has been torn out (nothing on it), black and white photographs, 238 pages. The dramatic story of a controversial sea collision. On 26th July 1956, two atlantic liners, the Italian 'Andrea Doria' approaching New York and the Swedish 'Stockholm' outward bound for Europe - were nearing each other off the Nantucket lightship. Both ships were proceeding at full speed in a calm sea, to their navigating officers they appears to be going to pass one another on parallel opposite courses with a wide safety margin. However, the Stockholm's prow sliced through the Andrea Doria's hull.... A tense court inquiry, lasting four months, took place in New York; each side accused the other of negligence. A final judgment was never reached: the case was settled out of court. The author focuses attention on how the collision occurred and why the Andrea Doria sank.
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