Cruise Ship Slammed by Monster Waves in the Atlantic - Dec 8, 2010

[Meatpie]

An Antarctic cruise ship with 88 American passengers and 77 crew members aboard sustained damage after being battered by brutal waves.

On Tuesday the Clelia II declared an emergency, reporting it had suffered engine damage amid heavy seas and 55 mph winds when it was north east of the South Shetland Islands on its way towards its destination in Argentina.

But the crew of the 2420-ton ship managed to overcome the damage and was heading safely back to its scheduled port at four knots yesterday, the vessel's operator said.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef6gWGeHg8Q

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[LTmyselfni]

A true example of the motion of the ocean.

 

[94elmwood]

its a little ship small proably less than 30,000 tons dec is bad month storms and weather. I have been on 30 40 cruises and in late winter in caribean.. but big ships 90,000 100,000 tons no problem and alll the ship, cruise the caribeean where its warm stupid to go north that time of year

 

[JValdez]

I particularly remember a Transatlantic [my favorite!] westbound on Golden Princess (109,000 tons) in Sept; we were in a hurricane for 4 days with 60 foot seas . . . she was pounded from forward to aft like a ski boat, vibrations going the same way, & smacking hard the same way! It's one thing for a ski boat to do that motion, another for such a large vessel! I really liked watching the bow plunge into the waves & then seeing the decks getting soaked from the aft lounge before it was closed because things started falling apart in there. Eventually the hull flexed so much that large windows were lost on Promanade deck & it was difficult staying IN bed at night . . . there's nothing like hearing her being smacked around so hard & waiting for the vibrations to reach your part of the ship! But the best Transatlantic true ocean liner (Golden Princess & her sister's hulls are too shallow & flat for really rough seas) & my favorite is QM2 at 150,000 tons; her hull is much sharper/thicker/deeper & a rock on TA itineraries, onboard life is really like a time warp though . . .