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Andrea Doria: Tragedy
and Rescue at Sea

http://www.andreadoria.org/
This excellent Web site provides a comprehensive collection of news pertaining to the wreckage of the Andrea Doria. What's most impressive about this site is the exhaustive amount of information it provides about the play-by-play details of what happened the night of, and in the days after, the collision took place.


PBS LOST LINERS:
Andrea Doria

http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/andrea.html
This site provides a sense of the historical background behind the building of the Doria, in addition to an excellent breakdown of the events surrounding the collision.


The Sinking of the Andrea Doria: A Photographer's High Drama

http://www.evesmag.com/andreadoria.htm
This impressive site provides an eyewitness' account, complete with photographs, of the collision between the Doria and the Stockholm, as well as intimate details about the subsequent rescue effort and journey back to New York.


Wikipedia: Andrea Doria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria
This site is a great resource for basic information about the Doria -- including size and design statistics.


SWEETWATER REPORTER NEWS

http://www.kerbow.com/marykatherine.htm
This is a link to an article that appeared in SWEETWATER REPORTER NEWS in July of 1990 about the sinking of the Andrea Doria.


The Great Ocean Liners: Andrea Doria

http://www.greatoceanliners.net/andreadoria.html
This site examines the history of ocean liners and looks at the Andrea Doria's place among the finest ships ever built.


Nautical Research
Group, Inc.

http://www.nauticalresearch.com/
The Nautical Research Group is a consulting firm that provides full service discovery, exploration, research, and analysis of sea and shipwreck disasters throughout the world. This Web site provides news about the group's explorations and information about academic and media services.


ALIVE ON THE ANDREA DORIA! THE GREATEST
SEA RESCUE IN HISTORY

By Pierette Domenica Simpson
This book, written by a survivor of the collision, presents harrowing stories along with documents, data, and interviews with maritime experts that she says answer many questions about the collision.


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