Episode 18: ASTORIA Scrapping Update (Former STOCKHOLM at Scrapyard)

The audio companion to our latest video on our MidShip Cinema YouTube channel. This sad update with footage taken on 19 January 2026 shows the MV ASTORIA undergoing demolition at the Galloo Scrapyard in Ghent, Belgium. After an overnight tow from Rotterdam where the ship languished for years, she arrived at the yard on July 4, 2025. The stripping process took months, followed by the removal of the lifeboats and davits, then parts of the stern superstructure. In this footage, the bridge is gone and large cuts have been made for the removal of the remaining upper decks and funnel. The ASTORIA was built in 1948 for Swedish American Line as the STOCKHOLM and gained notoriety for colliding with and sinking the ANDREA DORIA on a foggy night off Nantucket in July of 1956. She went on to a long career under the East German flag and use as a refugee ship before being completely rebuilt in Italy in 1993/4. She has sailed for several owners in the interim, last operating as the MV ASTORIA for now defunct Cruise and Maritime Voyages. Her full story will eventually be told here. Music licensed from Artlist: "Downstream" by Muted. #classicships #andreadoria #scrapyardWatch the full video on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibQ38zlD6uoFollow us on all our socials and YouTube!⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/midshipcentury⁠⁠⁠