Cruise Ship Hit By Wave

Other cruise ships cargo and scientific vessels have been affected by rogue waves over the years.

Cruise ship hit by wave. No one was injured. Smaller vessels and container ships have been destroyed by. Filming from an ocean view cabin the dangerous waves.

The captain detected the wave on radar and was able to turn the ship to face the wave and little damage occurs. There were around 40 injuries with some requiring hospitalization. Other cruise ships cargo and scientific vessels have been affected by rogue waves over the years.

The bow of the ship was breaking through the waves on minute you were looking up at the sky the next a wall of water as the bow came crashing down and water swepted the decks in the morning the ship was a wreck all the dinning room was piled up at one side a piano had broken lose etc. On 1 February 2007 Holland Americas cruise ship MS Prinsendam was hit by two 12-meter 39 ft tall rogue waves near Cape Horn. You can add more details on reported here accident or submit new your own Fred Olsen Borealis ship incident Cruise Minus report via CruiseMappers contact form.

An NCL ship was hit by a 70-plus foot wave a couple of years ago and. 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. And a 26-foot wave wouldnt even break above the hull on most big cruise ships.

Clip taken off Australia on the PO Adonia which is now the Sea PrincessIf you have ever had any thing to do with Cruis. Cruise Hive is sad to report that an 85-year-old male passenger has been killed from a large freak wave that hit the Marco Pol cruise ship while it was sailing through the English Channel. 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. 10 m high striking in clear weather and without warning. More recently in 2005 the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn had its ninth and 10th floor windows smashed by a wave that rose to near 21 meters 70 feet high.