Cruise Ship Hit By Wave

Warwick his passengers and crew were lucky.

Cruise ship hit by wave. On 1 February 2007 Holland Americas cruise ship MS Prinsendam was hit by two 12-meter 39 ft tall rogue waves near Cape Horn. We heard a loud noise and it was the wave that hit us Claudine Armand a passenger from France told the Associated Press Television News. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including.

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. 10 m high striking in clear weather and without warning. 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.

In 1998 Cunards Queen Elizabeth was hit by a wave almost 30 metres high. 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 Explorer on a semester-at-sea sailing in the North Pacific was.

Clip taken off Australia on the PO Adonia which is now the Sea PrincessIf you have ever had any thing to do with Cruis. Other cruise ships cargo and scientific vessels have been affected by rogue waves over the years. 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.

In 2006 a 70 foot 21 meters high rogue wave smashed into the container ship The Pomona while it was in the Pacific Ocean. The captain detected the wave on radar and was able to turn the ship to face the wave and little damage occurs. 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.

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. It was a far different fate for the German container ship Munchen which sank in the middle of the. There were around 40 injuries with some requiring hospitalization.