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  2. Rogue wave - Wikipedia

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    Draupner wave (North Sea, 1995) – The first rogue wave confirmed with scientific evidence, it had a maximum height of 26 metres (85 ft). [116] Queen Elizabeth 2 (1995) – Encountered a 29 m (95 ft) wave in the North Atlantic, during Hurricane Luis. The master said it "came out of the darkness" and "looked like the White Cliffs of Dover."

  3. List of rogue waves - Wikipedia

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    The ship's operating at reduced speed when the waves hit probably limited the damage." [47] Aleutian Ballad, (Bering Sea, 2005): Footage of a rogue wave appears in an episode of Deadliest Catch from Season 2, Episode 4 "Finish Line" (Original airdate: 28 April 2006). While sailing through rough seas during a night time storm, a "freak wave ...

  4. Shipwrecking - Wikipedia

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    Eyewitness accounts from mariners and damages inflicted on ships have long suggested they occurred; however, their scientific measurement was only positively confirmed following measurements of the "Draupner wave", a rogue wave at the Draupner platform in the North Sea on January 1, 1995, with a maximum wave height of 25.6 metres (84 ft) (peak ...

  5. Once dismissed as mythical, a 60-foot rogue wave swells off ...

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    An enormous, 58-foot-tall swell that crashed in the waters off British Columbia, Canada, in November 2020 has been confirmed as the largest "rogue" wave ever Once dismissed as mythical, a 60-foot ...

  6. Why is everyone suddenly afraid of the North Sea? Blame ... - AOL

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    On Dec. 21, amid the North Sea TikTok craze, a Norwegian cruise ship with more than 250 passengers on board lost power after the vessel was struck by a rogue wave in the North Sea.

  7. 'Rogue' or 'sneaker?' What caused the giant wave in the ... - AOL

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    Larry Smith, a meteorologist at the NWS office in Monterey, California, said in 2013, "Though the terms 'sneaker' and 'rogue' wave are often used interchangeably in media reports, Smith considers ...

  8. Agulhas Current - Wikipedia

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    The south-east coast of South Africa is on the main shipping route between the Middle-East and Europe/the U.S. and even large ships have sustained major damage because of rogue waves in the area where these waves occasionally can reach a height of more than 30 m (98 ft). Some 30 larger ships were severely damaged or sunk by rogue waves along ...

  9. Rogue wave: Can it happen along Florida's Atlantic coast? - AOL

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    Dec. 28 a rogue wave hit California. Could it happen here?