Long reported only anecdotally by sailors, in 1995 a wave measuring 25.6 meters high (84 ft) struck the North Sea Draupner gas platform off the coast of Norway and was verified by a laser-measuring ...
The Captain Smoke of North Myrtle Beach didn't just sink on Sunday 45 miles east of Charleston. Two rogue waves smashed it to bits, leaving only debris on the ocean surface and three fishermen in a ...
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A Norwegian cruise ship sailing in the North Sea on Thursday lost its ability to navigate after it was hit by a rogue wave during a storm. The MS Maud was en route to Tilbury, England, from Florø, ...
One major expedition cruise line's ship was left without power for a time after being struck by a rare rogue wave at sea Thursday. The HX (formerly known as Hurtigruten Expeditions) ship, the MS Maud, ...
In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed a ...
Regarding “ ‘Rogue’ Waves Surprisingly Common” [Cruise News, May 22]: For a cruise industry official to say a ship cannot be sunk by a rogue wave is wrong and irresponsible. A BBC documentary a few ...
A sigh of relief washes over the crew. The sun peeks out from the angry clouds. They made it, they think. The small fishing vessel survived amidst a storm of biblical proportions and unfathomably ...
For centuries, seafaring folks' reports of terrifyingly huge waves that appeared out of nowhere were dismissed as fantasy by those on dry land. Now, the existence of these "real sea monsters" that ...
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