Famous Sea Disasters Of The 20th Century

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keywords: Sea Disasters, the French luxury liner SS Normandie, SS Morro Castle, the Flying Enterprise, SS Andrea Doria and MS Stockholm

Synopsis: Famous sea disaster are highlighted - the French luxury liner SS Normandie, SS Morro Castle, the Flying Enterprise, SS Andrea Doria and MS Stockholm...(read more)

Date: 1950's
Duration: 00:02:52
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: World Seas

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Famous Sea Disasters Of The 20th Century

Famous Sea Disasters Of The 20th Century

The French luxury liner SS Normandie or Normandy sailing into New York City harbor in May 1939. The fire and sinking of the SS Normandy or Normandie docked in New York City harbor in 1942.

The blaze aboard the SS Morro Castle that caught fire off the East Coast of the United States on September 8, 1934 while en route from Havana to New York City. 137 passengers and crew members perish.

The sinking of the tramp steamer, The Flying Enterprise in very high seas in January 1952 after a tow line parted just 45-miles from Falmouth England. Includes a shot of the Enterprise's captain, Henrik Kurt Carlsen.

On July 25, 1956 while the the SS Andrea Doria was approaching the coast of Nantucket Massachusetts bound for New York City the eastbound MS Stockholm collided with it. 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued and survived, 46 people died with the ship as a consequence of the collision. The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning.