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The Stockholm (11,700 grt, 525 ft. long) was delivered to SAL in 1948.
She was not a particularly successful liner and was sold in 1960 to East Germany,
being renamed Völkerfreundschaft. Over 65 years after her sinking of the Andrea Doria,
this infamous liner is still in existence, now as the Astoria, though beyond recognition,
having been completely rebuilt in Italy in the mid-1990s. At present she is laid up in Rotterdam,
not having been in service since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
From a 1959 Swedish American Line cruise brochure (see below).
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See this page for exterior and interior photos of the Stockholm and this page for postcards.
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There are many accounts of the Stockholm's collision with the Andrea Doria
on July 25, 1956.
See e.g. The Great Ocean Liners
page on the Andrea Doria.
See also their Stockholm page.
You may use my images on another website.
This page last updated June 10, 2023.
Then please credit them as being from the collection of Björn Larsson,
and preferably provide a link to my Introduction page.
Thank you!
