Cruise Ship Hit By Wave

The captain detected the wave on radar and was able to turn the ship to face the wave and little damage occurs.

Cruise ship hit by wave. 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. 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 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.

No one was injured. Other cruise ships cargo and scientific vessels have been affected by rogue waves over the years. In 1998 Cunards Queen Elizabeth was hit by a wave almost 30 metres high.

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. There were around 40 injuries with some requiring hospitalization. In 2006 a 70 foot 21 meters high rogue wave smashed into the container ship The Pomona while it was in the Pacific Ocean.

Warwick his passengers and crew were lucky. Theres precedent for cruise ships dealing with huge waves. MS Rotterdam In April 2000 during a Pacific Ocean crossing cruise the ship was hit by a rogue wave and sustained serious interior damages.

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. It was a far different fate for the German container ship Munchen which sank in the middle of the. 4 - A Mediterranean pleasure ship pulls into Barcelona harbour with dead and injured after being struck by a giant wave.

Other cruise ships cargo and scientific vessels have been affected by rogue waves over the years. On 1 February 2007 Holland Americas cruise ship MS Prinsendam was hit by two 12-meter 39 ft tall rogue waves near Cape Horn. And a 26-foot wave wouldnt even break above the hull on most big cruise ships.