In a little bit of sad, but not really unexpected news, the worlds oldest cruise ship received no bids in an open auction the other day. The Astoria operated cruises between Singapore/Fremantle and along the W.A coast for a number of years until fairly recently. For those of an historical 'bent', in its initial guise as the MS Stockholm, she was involved in the famous collision with the Italian liner Andrea Doria in 1956. It is stated that the Stockholm had an 'ice breaking really probably just strengthened) bow'. The Andrea Doria sunk and the Stockholm was dubbed the "ship of death" by the Italian press. For some reason this was never mentioned in the advertising for the cruises out of Fremantle.
When we were in Annapolis Royal in Novia Scotia I had a pleasant talk with the owner of the little suite we stopped in. He had been a 'harbour pilot' in Sydney, Nova Scotia and had piloted the Astoria plus the QE2 and a number of other well known vessels.
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Cruise History: MS STOCKHOLM - Collided with the Italian Line's Andrea Doria and, as the MV ATHENA, ...
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