The Andrea Doria and Stockholm Captains made decisions that led to the collision, and ultimate sinking,of the Italian Ship the Andrea Doria.
Traveling at close to full speed, the ships did not see each other until they were just one mile apart. In a series of tragic mistakes, with lights obscured by the fog, both captains turned their vessels in the wrong direction as they tried to keep a safe distance. By the time they recognized the danger, it was too late. The Andrea Doria could not get out of the way of the ship bearing down on her.
Here we see a modern day re-enactment....
hey Irish did you see this? Red Heads concentrated..... Yikes!
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/ProtecttheFaith/status/1670893890914623491
Thanks for the link. That's a LOT of red :)
DeleteI had boots on the ground in Ireland for16 years and saw lots more raven hair women than redheads.Then again I spent most of my tenure in the "Sunny South-East" where Norman genes dominated.
DeleteJust wait for the movie on Netflix.
DeleteThat must've been some Fathers Day for rhat guy.
Delete"... And not a soul was there."
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DeleteIf BOTH ships turned in the wrong direction, how did they collide?
ReplyDeleteBecause the wrong direction was towards each other.
DeleteGood point!
DeleteThat was my first thought, as well. In this instance, two wrongs would make it right.
DeleteShips and aircraft approaching head on should each turn to their starboard (right). One did but the other turned to port (left).
DeleteTut tut
ReplyDeleteI'm kinda confused. From navy and sailing days ships are supposed to pass green to green so when they do pass the starboards are facing each other. If they both passed red to red then no problem but I'm thinking someone didn't turn the right way and passed into the path of the one who did....
ReplyDeleteOr.... they both F-ed up big time.
This is no t a joke. Both ships were speaking to each other in English. Swedish Tanker w/ Ice breaking bow, and big Italian boat. What could go wrong. Now days we pass on the 1 whistle or 2 whistle side.
DeleteRule 14
DeleteHead-on situation
(a). When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other.
There was no global rule for avoiding collision in the '50s. The Brits and French had an agreement for English Channel traffic. Other than that each country and even some navies had their own rules, or no rules at all. It was customary, but not mandatory, to alter course to the right when approaching head-on. Andrea Doria altered course to the left while Stockholm altered course to the right.
DeleteThe sinking of the Andrea Doria was one of the reasons the COLREGs, including Rule 14, were created in 1972.
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