The SS Andrea Doria, an Italian ocean liner stretching 697 feet, was one of the most elegant ships of the postwar era. On July 25, 1956, it collided with the MS Stockholm off Nantucket, Massachusetts, ...

Part 1. : The beginnings. Introduction -- The origins of ship design -- Wrought iron becomes steel -- Hulls -- Propulsion machinery in 1900 -- The watertube boiler -- Part 2. : The ships. The ...