Cruise Ship Hit By Wave

We heard a loud noise and it was the wave that hit us Claudine Armand a passenger from France told the Associated Press Television News.

Cruise ship hit by wave. In 1966 the Italian cruise ship Michelangelo was traveling to New York when it was hit by a wave estimated to be 24 meters 80 feet high. Filming from an ocean view cabin the dangerous waves. Cruise ship hit by deadly wave Posted Mar.

Smaller vessels and container ships have been destroyed by. The Carnival Pride cruise ship was travelling through rough seas when it partially submerged. No one was injured.

An NCL ship was hit by a 70-plus foot wave a couple of years ago and. Other cruise ships cargo and scientific vessels have been affected by rogue waves over the years. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including.

The Explorer on a semester-at-sea sailing in the North Pacific was. On 1 February 2007 Holland Americas cruise ship MS Prinsendam was hit by two 12-meter 39 ft tall rogue waves near Cape Horn. In 2006 a 70 foot 21 meters high rogue wave smashed into the container ship The Pomona while it was in the Pacific Ocean.

10 m high striking in clear weather and without warning. It was a far different fate for the German container ship Munchen which sank in the middle of the. Brittany Ferries MV Pont-Aven was struck by a wave estimated at between 40 feet 12 m and 50 feet 15 m in height during a Force 9 gale in the Bay of Biscay on 21 May 2006.

Clip taken off Australia on the PO Adonia which is now the Sea PrincessIf you have ever had any thing to do with Cruis. MS Rotterdam In April 2000 during a Pacific Ocean crossing cruise the ship was hit by a rogue wave and sustained serious interior damages. The captain detected the wave on radar and was able to turn the ship to face the wave and little damage occurs.