Rogue Wave Hits Cruise Ship

A rogue wave struck the MSC Divina cruise ship Nov.

Rogue wave hits cruise ship. Rogue wave damages cruise ship. The 136000 gross registered ton ship which carries 3500 people and is owned by MSC Cruises is based in Miami. CBS News reports on a large wave which hit the Louis Majesty Cruise Ship killing two passengers and injurying fourteen others.

The wave reached as high as deck 10 on the ship company spokeswoman Susan Robison said Sunday. The Explorer on a semester-at-sea sailing in the North Pacific was damaged. Cruise-ship sinkings are much rarer but in recent years some cruise liners have been hit by rogue waves including.

Two days ago 12072010 a cruise ship lost an engine after encountering monster waves near the South Shetland Islands north of the Antarctic peninsula. I was reading about a 70 foot rogue wave that hit a RCL ship near the Bahamas. 26 as the ship sailed between Puerto Rico and the Bahamas TravelMolereports.

26 as the ship sailed between Puerto Rico and the Bahamas TravelMole reports. The ship The Norwegian Escape was sailing from New York to Florida with nearly 4000 vacationers on board when it was battered by a rogue 115 mph gust of. Even the bridge is not safe.

But in a big storm. The ship was hit by a freak wave that caused two windows to break in two different cabins Norwegian Cruise Line said in a statement. Up until quite recently oceanographers believed that the largest rogue wave could not exceed about 20 metres 60 feet This was disproven when an oil platform recorded a wave 26 metres high.

Many larger ships than cruise ships have disappeared from rogue waves. 1909 The steamship SS Waratah disappears without trace with over 200 people on board off the coast of South Africa a swathe of sea now known for its high incidence of rogue waves. 26 as the ship sailed between Puerto Rico and the Bahamas TravelMolereports.