100 Foot Wave Hits Cruise Ship

100 foot Wave hits a ship.

100 foot wave hits cruise ship. For a moment the entire sea disappears as the ship is brought crashing down. Limping Ship Hits High Waves. 100 Foot Wave Hits Ship.

Weve gathered our favorite ideas for 70 Foot Waves Hit Hawaii Earth Changes Explore our list of popular images of 70 Foot Waves Hit Hawaii Earth Changes and Download Every beautiful wallpaper is high resolution and free to use. Suddenly a huge wave loomed off the bow huge even for a ship the size of the QE2 at nearly 1000 feet long more than 100 feet wide carrying nearly 3000 people. Wave while in route to New York causing cabin flooding and injuries among passengers.

It cause extensive damage to the bridge and navigation controls as it swept over the ship. Had the ship been much smaller it could have been catastrophic but the ship managed to withstand the blow. For example crew members might be out on the deck or they might even be conducting flight operations.

More recently the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship was returning to New York from the Bahamas in April 2005 when it was hit by a 70-foot wave. It sways through the waves before the huge 100-foot waves rushes above the ship. The Caledonian Star sailing in the South Atlantic in 2001 was hit by a rogue wave estimated at 100 feet.

Recently one of the hardier cruise ships got hit by a 100-foot rogue wave and all of its navigation equipment got knocked out and windows got broken. So the appearance of a sudden 100 foot tall wave when the rest of the ocean is 50 foot or shorter waves could mean that the ship was not as fully prepared for large waves as Kitty Hawk was in the video. A 60 foot rogue wave hit a Brittany Ferries ship the Pont-Aven in May 2006 according to AFP News.

Hundreds of miles from shore the face of the wave was steep like a breaking wall of water. The cruise ship limped back to port in. Antarctic Expedition Drake Passage Storm.