Video: 'Andrea Doria'
(Wednesday, July 25, 1956, at around 11:10 p.m. EDT) — The Italian liner SS Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm late tonight while approaching the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts (bound for New York City), and began sinking (The Andrea Doria capsized and sank the following morning).
51 people – 46 from the Andrea Doria, five from the Stockholm – were killed.
Video: 'S. S. Andrea Doria - Last Voyage'