Cruise Ship Hit By 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.

Cruise ship hit by wave. Warwick his passengers and crew were lucky. And a 26-foot wave wouldnt even break above the hull on most big cruise ships. 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.

On 1 February 2007 Holland Americas cruise ship MS Prinsendam was hit by two 12-meter 39 ft tall rogue waves near Cape Horn. 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. Cruise ship hit by deadly wave Posted Mar.

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 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. Theres precedent for cruise ships dealing with huge waves.

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. 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. Filming from an ocean view cabin the dangerous waves.

The Carnival Pride cruise ship was travelling through rough seas when it partially submerged. MS Rotterdam In April 2000 during a Pacific Ocean crossing cruise the ship was hit by a rogue wave and sustained serious interior damages. Even the bridge is not safe.

The Explorer on a semester-at-sea sailing in the North Pacific was. 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. It was a far different fate for the German container ship Munchen which sank in the middle of the.