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A merchant ship in heavy seas as a large wave looms ahead, Bay of Biscay, c. 1940. Rogue waves (also known as freak waves or killer waves) are large and unpredictable surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships and isolated structures such as lighthouses. [1]
The boat manages to right itself; some of the crew suffer minor injuries. One of the few video recordings of (what might be) a rogue wave. [48] [non-primary source needed] In June 2005 a pair of rogue waves struck two participants in a fishing competition which capsized their 34-foot (10 m) boat 38 miles (33 nmi; 61 km) off Merritt Island ...
MS München was a German LASH carrier of the Hapag-Lloyd line that sank with all 28 hands for unknown reasons in a severe North Atlantic storm in December 1978. The most accepted theory is that one or more rogue waves hit München and damaged her, so that she drifted for 33 hours with a list of 50 degrees without electricity or propulsion.
En route she performed collateral duties as a survey ship and collected data in central and western Pacific island groups for the Hydrographic Office. On 7 February 1933, while cruising across the Pacific Ocean from Manila to San Diego, the ship encountered the tallest rogue wave ever recorded at the time, measuring 34 metres (112 ft) in height ...
A Norwegian cruise ship with more than 250 passengers on board lost power on Thursday, Dec. 21, after the vessel encountered a rogue wave during a storm, the cruise company HX said.
On 10 January 1910, Lusitania was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, [53] when, two days into the trip, she encountered a rogue wave that was 75 feet (23 m) high. The design of the ship's bow allowed her to break through waves instead of riding on top of them.
An expedition cruise ship operated by HX temporarily lost power after being hit by a rogue wave.
One person died and four others were injured after a "rogue wave" hit the Viking Polaris cruise ship while it was sailing toward Ushuaia, Argentina, on Tuesday 'Rogue wave' hits Viking cruise ship ...