Rogue Wave Hits Cruise Ship

The Video is Short but a Powerful Statement as to What a Rogue Wave Can Do to a Cruise Ship in Seconds Given the relative number of cameras cell phones with cameras and video cameras that people take with them on vacation it is a bit surprising that there werent more videos taken of the rogue waves that hit the Louis Majesty cruise ship.

Rogue wave hits cruise ship. The 136000 gross registered ton ship which carries 3500 people and is owned by MSC Cruises is based in Miami. A rogue wave struck the MSC Divina cruise ship Nov. It said 62 cabins flooded and four passengers had cuts and bruises.

Even the bridge is not safe. 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. 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.

But in a big storm. 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. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including.

26 as the ship sailed between Puerto Rico and the Bahamas TravelMolereports. A rogue wave struck the MSC Divina cruise ship Nov. I was reading about a 70 foot rogue wave that hit a RCL ship near the Bahamas.

The ship The Clelia II a 5-deck ship is apparently safe and heading to Ushuia Argentina accompanied by an. The cruise ship is seen sinking as a huge wave towers over the boat in the video The video has been seen by nearly 75 million people who dont quite share the man filmings glee. The ship The Norwegian Escape was sailing from New York to Florida with nearly 4000 vacationers on board when it was battered by a rogue 115 mph gust of.

The ship was hit by a freak wave that caused two windows to break in two different cabins Norwegian Cruise Line said in a statement. 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. Rogue wave damages cruise ship.