Rogue Wave Cruise Ship

26 as the ship sailed between Puerto Rico and the Bahamas TravelMolereports.

Rogue wave cruise ship. All bets are off when hit by one of these as your speed and heading could easily be set for one set of sea conditions and this wave can well come from another direction and is out of character for height. Even the bridge is not safe. Experts agree that a cruise ship sailing out over a body of water is not likely to feel any impacts from a tsunamis waves.

Two days ago 12072010 a cruise ship lost an engine after encountering monster waves near the South Shetland Islands north of the Antarctic peninsula. Todays video on five cruise ships in heavy se. Rogue wave crashes on deck 7 on majesty of the seas during hurricane sandy About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test.

Of course ships can be damaged or even capsize in heavy wind seas. The 136000 gross registered ton ship which carries 3500 people and is owned by MSC Cruises is based in Miami. Going on a cruise is a great way to spend a family vacation but you better hope you dont get hit by a storm.

Because a cruise ship is really really big and really really heavy. Historians and maritime experts suspect rogue waves as a possible cause of the sinking. 1909 The steamship SS Waratah disappears without trace with over 200 people on board off the coast of South Africa a swathe of sea now known for its high incidence of rogue waves.

As for construction of cruise ships Id say that since this ship was hit. In 2010 three rogue waves up to 26 feet 79 meters high killed two people and injured others on the cruise ship Louis-Majesty while it was on a voyage off northeastern Spain. According to Louis Cruise Lines the owner of the vessel the Louis Majesty was hit by three abnormally high waves each more than 33 ft.

The Caledonian Star sailing in the South Atlantic in 2001 was hit by a rogue wave estimated at 100 feet. The wall of water damaged the ship and knocked out power. I was reading about a 70 foot rogue wave that hit a RCL ship near the Bahamas.