Brian

Big Andrea Doria fanatic.

Live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Does anybody know if this Andrea Doria special will be on here? Checked listings but didnt see anything.

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Originally posted by sslewis:
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Here in Portsmouth, many Navy enthusiasts recreate fictional battles with simulated fires, sinking ect....
They didn't like my ideas for liners catastrophes
However, I try my best with my 1/1200 models though I need a Stockholm and IDF(2 funnels version).

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Originally posted by ConteDiSavoia:
Hi there.

Big Andrea Doria fanatic.

Live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Does anybody know if this Andrea Doria special will be on here? Checked listings but didnt see anything.

THANX

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The special is not being shown on any Canadian stations that I know of. It's a PBS program.

However, in the Toronto area it can be seen on WNED (channel 17) in Buffalo, New York at 8 pm. The followiing program description is taken from WNED's web site:

July 26, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Secrets of the Dead: The Sinking of the Andrea Doria

On a foggy night in July 1956, two transatlantic passenger ships collided in a tragic accident that spurred the largest naval rescue operation in history. The world watched in horror as the Andrea Doria, one of the grandest luxury liners, sank before their eyes. Using archival footage, survivor accounts, CGI and exclusive underwater images of the decomposing ship, the program explores exactly what happened that fateful night, explains why so many divers have lost their lives on the wreck and reveals a startling insurance company cover-up that has remained hidden for the last 50 years.
Duration: 00:56:46 TVPG CC STEREO DVS

In the Montreal area it can be seen on WETK (channel 33) in Burlington, Vermont. OTOH, the PBS station in Plattsburg, NY (WCFE, channel 57) is not showing it.

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Originally posted by ConteDiSavoia:
Big Andrea Doria fanatic.

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If so howcome your screne name is ConteDiSavoia?

The diving specialist interviewed on this program, David Bright, became the latest Andrea Doria casualty earlier this month after diving down to the wreck.

This obituary is from The Boston Globe:

David Bright, 49, diver, noted underwater researcher
By Karen Testa, Associated Press | July 11, 2006

David Bright, a leading researcher into underwater exploration and shipwrecks, died after diving to the site of the Andrea Doria off Nantucket where he was working in preparation for the wreck's 50th anniversary. He was 49.

Mr. Bright, of Flemington, N.J., resurfaced from a dive late Saturday with decompression sickness and went into cardiac arrest, according to the Coast Guard. He was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital a short time later.

His wife of 23 years, Elaine Bright, said the circumstances that led to his death were not immediately clear and the family was awaiting an autopsy report.

Mr. Bright had explored the Titanic, Andrea Doria, and other shipwrecks many times -- 120 times for the Andrea Doria alone.

The Andrea Doria was headed from Italy to New York when it collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm on July 25, 1956, killing about 50 people. The Italian luxury liner lies in 200 feet of water, about 50 miles southeast of Nantucket.

Because of its depth, it is considered the Mount Everest of scuba diving.

Mr. Bright's research into the Titanic, Andrea Doria, and other sites has been part of dozens of documentaries, and he lectured often on ship exploration.

He had an extensive personal collection of artifacts, and established the Andrea Doria Museum Project -- based at the Nantucket Lifesaving Museum -- which loans artifacts to museums. He owned two Andrea Doria life boats, including one on his property in New Jersey, his wife said. He was the founder of the Andrea Doria Survivor Reunions Committee.

``His passion has been growing for a little over 30 years, all kinds of shipwrecks and getting to know them," Elaine Bright said.

``It's very traumatizing to his entire family but we know that he's happy. It's a very sad thing, but water, scuba diving was what he wanted to do," she said.

Mr. Bright started the Nautical Research Group about four years ago after his retirement from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, where he worked for 12 years as a research scientist, his wife said. He had a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in physiology from Penn University.

He also spent two years working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on the exploration of the wreck of the Civil War ironclad, USS Monitor.

Captain Robert Meurn, a fellow Andrea Doria researcher, had been slated to speak about the ship with Mr. Bright this month.

``He followed his passion, and he was trying to solve the mystery of why she did sink," Meurn said from his home in Harbor Beach, Mich.

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Originally posted by J.S.S.Normandie:
There is a particularly good shot in color at the end of the Doria and Ile.

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Originally posted by Bindar:
Does it bother anyone else that this ship's name is generally mispronounced? Andrea Doria was an Italian admiral, a man, so his name would be pronounced An-dray'-yuh (emphasis on the second syllable), not the feminine pronunciation usually used now, An'-dree-yua (emphasis on the first syllable).

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Most English speakers mispronounce most of the Italian names. For example, it should be Cris-TO-fo-ro Colombo, not Cris-to-FO-ro. It should be MICK-el-an-ge-lo, not MIKE-el-an-gel-lo, etc.

And don't get me started on the mispronuncations for the French Line ships!

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Originally posted by Jackreetings:
Not to be forgotten...

The diving specialist interviewed on this program, David Bright, became the latest Andrea Doria casualty earlier this month after diving down to the wreck.

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David Bright's death was noted in the dedication at the end of the program.

How true that was. I was living in South Africa at the time. I first heard about the accident on the morning radio news (they didn't have TV in SA then) at about 7 am SA time (about 2 hours after the colllision). For most of the day many people were carrying portable radios around so as not to miss the latest updates. In our house the radio was on all day.