Cruise Ship Hit By Wave

And a 26-foot wave wouldnt even break above the hull on most big cruise ships.

Cruise ship hit by wave. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including. 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. Other cruise ships cargo and scientific vessels have been affected by rogue waves over the years.

Even the bridge is not safe. 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. In 1998 Cunards Queen Elizabeth was hit by a wave almost 30 metres high.

Cruise ship hit by deadly wave Posted Mar. 10 m high striking in clear weather and without warning. 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.

There were around 40 injuries with some requiring hospitalization. Filming from an ocean view cabin the dangerous waves. In 2014 a passenger aboard the British-based cruise ship MS Marco Polo was killed after the ship was hit by a freak wave during adverse sea conditions as it made its way into the English Channel.

4 - A Mediterranean pleasure ship pulls into Barcelona harbour with dead and injured after being struck by a giant wave. The ships bow dropped into a hole of a trough behind the first wave and was hit by a second wave of between 91 and 96 feet high that cleaned a mast right off the foredeck. 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. Warwick his passengers and crew were lucky. The Carnival Pride cruise ship was travelling through rough seas when it partially submerged.