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Stockholm-Andrea Doria Collision Analysis - Titanicology
An Objective Forensic Analysis of the Collision Between stockholm and andrea Doria By Samuel Halpern FOREWORD Mr. Halpern has done an excellent job of documenting the causes of the andrea Doria / stockholm Collision . By careful Analysis of the course recorder traces, Mr. Halpern points out the role that the helmsman of the stockholm played in the Collision . The Analysis of the course recorder traces seems to lay to rest the theory that the wrong radar range scale was used by the 3rd Mate of the stockholm just prior to the Collision . In addition, the Collision dynamics calculations and what if scenarios were also quite interesting in that they illustrate for the reader what might have been. Mr. Halpern s list of contributing factors spell out the major causes of the Collision . All in all, this is a very well researched paper that should be part of any andrea Doria / stockholm Collision buff s reading on the subject. Capt.
Andrea Doria capsized and sank at 10:09 a.m. the following morning at 40° 29 30 N, 69° 51 00 W, just 17.8 nautical miles west by south of the Nantucket Shoals lightship, having stayed afloat for almost 11 hours after being struck.
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