Rogue Wave Cruise Ship

Has a rogue wave ever hit a cruise ship.

Rogue wave cruise ship. Going on a cruise is a great way to spend a family vacation but you better hope you dont get hit by a storm. Two days ago 12072010 a cruise ship lost an engine after encountering monster waves near the South Shetland Islands north of the Antarctic peninsula. A rogue wave is an extremely rare occurrence but can prove extremely dangerous to cruise ships in the open ocean.

Rogue waves are held to be responsible for the disappearance of a considerable number of small and large ships from tiny fishing boats to tankers supertankers and ocean liners. However large cruise ships are amongst the least vulnerable with their high sides and low centre of gravity. The ship The Clelia II a 5-deck ship is apparently safe and heading to Ushuia Argentina accompanied by an.

I wondered if any CC members have ever seen or been on board a ship when a rogue wave has hit and if you could share your experience with us. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including. Up until quite recently oceanographers believed that the largest rogue wave could not exceed about 20 metres 60 feet This was disproven when an oil platform recorded a wave 26 metres high.

Two hundred miles off Newfoundland headed for New York Warwick had been trying without success to dodge. They are designed to survive any kind of storm. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including.

On March 3 a sudden wall of water hit a cruise ship sailing in the Mediterranean Sea off the northeastern coast of Spain killing two people injuring 14 and causing severe damage to the vessel. Even the bridge is not safe. Many larger ships than cruise ships have disappeared from rogue waves.

The Caledonian Star sailing in the South Atlantic in 2001 was hit by a rogue wave estimated at 100 feet. I was reading about a 70 foot rogue wave that hit a RCL ship near the Bahamas. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including.