The andrea doria is extreme wreck diving video for scuba. In the era of the great transatlantic liners, traveling first class meant the height of luxury. Andrea doria 2019 expeditions aboard the ol salty ii duration. New images from submarine show current state of andrea. The book profiles the liners demise, and also the demise of some eight people who. From the moment the andrea doria settled on the sea floor in 240 feet of water, skilled sport divers have risked their lives to simply touch the mount everest of. I thought this book was an excellent book about diving the andrea doria. Adventure and death diving the andrea doria kindle edition by mcmurray, kevin f. I was a mate on bill nagles dive boat, the seeker, and for a good part of the summer, we were either in montauk, ny, waiting for good weather, or anchored above the wreck of the andrea doria. The book continues to be one of his bestselling titles.
This page is dedicated to everything relating to the italian ocean liner andrea doria and the people that designed, built, operated and sailed on her. The classic story of the collision of the andrea doria and the last voyage of the andrea doria. Aug 22, 20 peter hunt crewed on five andrea doria expeditions, the mount everest of wreck diving, in the early 1980s before becoming a navy pilot. The book is dedicated to the great underwater filmmaker and diver peter gimbel who has long been admired by wreck divers and filmmakers. The risky trek has become so notorious that it was the topic of a 2002 book, deep descent.
Mcmurray, the author of deep descent, a book about diving the wreck, said in a telephone interview yesterday. Jul 18, 2019 divers say theyve discovered the worlds oldest intact shipwreck at the bottom of the black sea duration. We then recharged our cylinders for what was to be one of the most physically demanding dives any of us had ever madeseven divers on scuba lowering 21,000 pounds of steel onto the side of the andrea doria, 160 feet below. This independent but immaculately executed book tells the tale of a divers. A 64 year old scuba diver disappeared during a dive at the ss andrea doria. The wreck of the andrea doria led to one of the most memorial stories about a shipwreck that of a young girl who fell asleep in her bed on the andrea doria and work up on the deck of the stockholm.
In my own diving career, it was a combination of these types of influencers reading the book shadow divers about john chatterton and richie. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading deep descent. Given there is indeed an everestlike obsession surrounding diving this wreckthough there are more technically challenging wrecksi felt this one merited a book of its own, if for no other reason than the fascinating history surrounding the ship itself and those who have lived and. Mar 24, 2017 this wreck has claimed the lives of seven scuba divers and 4 divers are known to have been injured diving the andrea doria since 2005. The group succeeded in recovering the andrea dorias stern bell gary gentile gives a detailed account of the entire mission in his book andrea doria. Diving with legends is a book not just about the legendary figures from the underwater world. The canisters of sofnolime, the chemical we were using to remove the carbon dioxide from our saturation diving habitat, had flooded, leaving divers chris delucchi and don rodocker in danger of a deadly buildup of co2 unless it was fixed. Accompany kapitanleutnant hardegen aboard the u123 as he leads the first attack on us coastal shipping during world war ii, sinking the tankers norness and coimbra. He has dived on the wreck of the ss andrea doria sometimes referred to as the mount everest of scuba diving over 190 times, and was the first diver to penetrate the first class dining room of the vessel. Al giddings described the doria as a high voltage dive, and it is when bounce diving on scuba.
A grate day on the andrea doria for me in 1988, the summer was doria season. The sinking of andrea doria on the night of july 25, 1956, a collision between the ocean liners ss andrea doria and ms stockholm killed 51 people and. Scuba diver info a divers return to the andrea doria. It has been suggested that gary gentile may be the most experienced wreck diver in the world. Adventure and death diving the andrea doria mcmurray, kevin f.
Aug 02, 2017 the retired ship captain, who led excursions to the wreck between 1981 and 2001 and has 20 years of experience diving down to it himself, said its not the doria itself thats dangerous to divers. Mcgurr died of apparent heart attacks preparing for a second dive seeker, captain dan crowell. The wreck of the andria doria is a difficult and hazardous dive, not for the faint of heart or the foolish, and gentile explains very well just why this is so. It was called, the mount everest of wreck diving for a reason. Kevin f mcmurray the author describes his diving expeditions to the wreck of the andrea doria and profiles the extreme scuba divers who push themselves beyond the limits of recreational divers to reach this ultimate. Oct 11, 2017 i thought this book was an excellent book about diving the andrea doria. Divers seek treasure in andrea doria grave the new york. However, for a short time, the andrea doria really was the mount everest of wreck.
Every premature death is a tragedy my condolences to all the families and friends of the divers. Andrea doria names of divers deaths steve bielenda. Andrea doria claims another victim as diver goes missing. The dangers of diving two divers return to the boat after diving to the andrea doria in 1968.
For decades, the wreck site of the andrea doria became so popular with daring divers that it is known as the mount everest of wreck diving. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read deep descent. Those at the new york city conference agreed to voluntarily raise the. This independent but immaculately executed book tells the tale of a divers relationship with the italian cruise liner andrea doria that sank in 1956 and subsequently became the ultimate scuba adventure, the mount everest of diving. Diver missing after trip to famed andrea doria shipwreck site. A deadly seasons first victim the life and dives of craig sicola. While the doria has been in decline, diving has changed dramatically, too. Diving the hydro atlantic with john chatterton duration. The andrea doria is a popular attraction for advanced scuba divers. Peter hunt crewed on five andrea doria expeditions, the mount everest of wreck diving, in the early 1980s before becoming a navy pilot. Mcmurrays is an earnest journal of deepsea wreck diving, mostly over the italian passenger liner andrea doria, which sank in a collision off cape cod in 195.
The book profiles the liners demise, and also the demise of some eight people who had died to that point 2001 diving her wreck. What makes this wreck special is the ships grand magnificence, the relatively recent sinking, and the depth. Bright, president of the nautical research group was involved in underwater and shipwreck exploration for thirtyfive years and a specialist on the sinking of the doria. Twenty years later, hunt set out to dive the famous luxury liner again. Adventure and death diving the andrea doria, said the heyday of such diving was the late 1980s through the 90s, but he thinks the andrea doria will. Today we know more about both diving and education, and we have better tools. On the night of july 25, 1956, a collision between the ocean liners ss andrea doria and ms stockholm killed 51 people and prompted one of the largest civilian maritime. The andrea doria is extreme wreck diving video for. We dive deeper, longer, and we are much better equipped to manage the inherent risks of diving deep shipwrecks. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the andrea doria, pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her and not all have returned. Jan 17, 20 in 1991, the wreck of the andrea doria had been on the bottom for 35 years.
Adventure and death diving the andrea doria ebook written by kevin f. The lures and dangers of diving to the andrea doria. Classic diving books the wreck of the andrea doria. Jul 09, 2002 but the andrea doria is still taking lives. The andrea doria had left its home port of genoa and made three stops along the way one to cannes, one to naples, and one to gibraltar and began to cross the atlantic. Mcmurrays is an earnest journal of deepsea wreck diving, mostly over the italian passenger liner andrea doria, which sank in a collision off cape cod in 1956. If you have been around this type of diving for awhile you will recognize most of the people mentioned and quoted billy deans, john chatterton, gary gentile and so on. The andrea doria stockholm collision is used as an example in every radar observers training class i ever attended as a merchant marine officer.
This is what diving the doria was like in its heyday. A mystifying death a look at what caused vincent napoliellos death. Aug 14, 20 in my own diving career, it was a combination of these types of influencers reading the book shadow divers about john chatterton and richie kohler, seeing footage on the doria and aspiring to advance as a technical diver that recently motivated me to dive the andrea doria. Over the years, a small but fanatical group of extreme scuba divers have investigated the andrea doria, pushing themselves to the very limits of human endurance to explore her and not all have. What makes this wreck special is the ships grand magnificence, the relatively recent sinking, and the depth that is just at the edge of where advanced. Everest of diving, the andrea doria is the ultimate deepwater wreck challenge. It is amazing luck and tragedy for her stepfather and sister died. Dive to an era has been in print continuously ever since, and has sold thousands of copies worldwide to wreckdivers, armchair explorers, ocean liner memorabilia buffs, and the public at large. The first time patrick scalli attempted the treacherous dive to the legendary andrea doria shipwreck in the 1970s, he scaled the promenade, glided through the back deck, and marveled at what was. No doubt it was very demanding for us but it was a lot safer in saturation, for a lot of reasons. Adventure and death diving the andrea doria kindle edition by mcmurray, kevin f download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Page after page leads you through adventure, mystery, suspense, and acts of. In my own diving career, it was a combination of these types of influencers reading the book shadow divers about john chatterton and richie kohler, seeing footage on the doria and aspiring to advance as a technical diver that recently motivated me to dive the andrea doria. Adventure and death diving the andrea doria by kevin f.
Actually, this dive by john chatterton is extraordinary. Shipwreck this is a list of divers that have died while diving and exploring the shipwreck andrea doria. In 1991, the wreck of the andrea doria had been on the bottom for 35 years. This very focused book centers around the italian cruise liner andrea doria that sank in 1956, and those who seek her out by diving down almost 250 feet to the bottom of the atlantic ocean. The italian luxury liner andrea doria sank off the coast of nantucket in 1956, after a collision with a swedish passenger ship. The fact that in an age when every merchant vessel of any size was equipped with radar such a collision could still occur borders on the. Named after the 16thcentury genoese admiral andrea doria, the ship had a gross register tonnage of 29,100 and a capacity of about. Setting the hook, a divers return to the andrea doria, an. Explore the famous wreck of the andrea doria, the widely acknowledged mount everest of wreck diving. The philadelphia inquirer this is a book you will have a hard time putting down. Apparently he just disappeared after the 20foot decompression stop tuesday 7212015, this according to a fellow diver. Coast guard report 12 1999 christopher murley drown on the surface while being assisted by. Location of the wreck of andrea doria ss andrea doria, pronounced an.
A scuba god the story of richard roost, the andrea dorias second casualty. It offered virtually limitless penetrations of the interior. While i have read a few books about diving the andrea doria, i still thoroughly enjoyed deep descent. A novel from the numa files numa files series book 1. And while the initial seeds were sown in my mind almost 10. The andrea doria, known as the mount everest of wreck diving, per, lies 240 feet underwater some 60 nautical miles southeast of nantucket.
Available as a pdf version for android and ebook readers that can handle pdf format. Instead, 30 andrea doria diving boat operators and divers gathered in new york city at the request of the coast guard. Diving the andrea doria is kind of a notch in your belt, crowell said. On a dense, foggy, late july evening in 1956, the italianflagged crui. Dan crowell, skipper of the seeker, which brought the two divers to the wreck of the andrea doria, describes the incident that killed a diver last year. The sinking of the worlds most glamorous ship by greg king and penny wilson apr 7, 2020 4. Diving the deep divers in search of the andrea doria. An introspective odyssey of memory and heartpounding adventure, setting the hook explores thirty years of extreme diving in a personal tale of learning to accept lifes oldest.
These scuba dives have resulted in limited views of the wreck due to the short bottom time available to divers approx. There are many books about the wreck of andrea doria, the hunt for artifacts, the. Once the mount everest of shipwreck diving, the heyday of the andrea doria is over. There are deeper and more historic wreck, but the andrea doria captures the attention of the most daring wreck divers. I have never been there, and have no desire to go, but i know a lot of people who have, including some of the most experienced. This is a great book about diving the andrea doria dealing mostly with the deaths that have occured and how they happened. On wreck diving xi 1 death on the doria 1 2 the wreck of the andrea doria 35 3 my first descent 61 4 the pioneers of wreck diving 91 5 penetrating the doria 125 6 the dying season, summer 1998 173 7 back to the doria 209 epilogue. Along with what i consider its sister book, shadow divers, deep descent is a engrossing, riveting, and ultimately terrific book about diving the wreck of the italian luxury liner andrea doria. When the italian ocean liner andrea doria was rammed by the swedish ship stockholm off the approaches to new york in 1956, she slowly tilted to starboard and slipped below the calm seas into 235 ft beyond the limit of serious recreational divers at the time. Our holding depth was about 150 where the bottom hatch of the habitat was moored about 10 above the hull. There are many books about the wreck of andrea doria, the hunt.