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Among the passengers were Brian Launder, 75, and his wife, Carole, who was celebrating her 70th birthday with their first-ever cruise, according to the outlet. The April 14, 2024 departure will feature a special guest, Scottish weather presenter Carol Kirkwood, who will entertain guests with lectures and Q&A sessions. Streets around harbors flooded overnight in some Dutch North Sea towns including Scheveningen, the seaside suburb of The Hague. "An Esvagt ship is towing it slowly towards Bremerhafen in Germany at around 8-9 knots," the spokesperson told Reuters. "We are offering all appropriate consular assistance," the spokesperson said. "Out of respect for the family during this difficult time, we have no further comment."
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Rogue waves are known to occur in the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, and the southeast coast of South Africa. Pay close attention to listening out for any instructions from the captain over the loudspeakers. Passengers may be asked to put on lifevests and possibly make their way to the deck with the lifeboats if abandoning the ship is a possibility. The significant wave height is the average of the largest third of waves over a given period.
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"At the time that it happened, we personally wondered if, you know, we knew that we weren't by any icebergs, but it's like, did we hit an iceberg? It just was so sudden." Californian Beverly Spiker told ABC News that a "huge smash" against the window of her and her husband's cabin caused her window frame to break. The problem is that the huge swell will continue to coastal areas, where it forms one giant wall of water which will break on the coastline.
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Let’s start with tidal waves – these are actually just the scientific name for the waves caused by the tide, resulting from the gravitational forces of the moon. They are, therefore, completely predictable since we can know when the moon is in its different phases. They seem to be mainly caused anywhere where there is a strong current running in the opposite direction of the tidal waves. But, that doesn’t line up with all of the examples – there seem to be multiple causes. Rogue waves are technically defined as “waves that are at least twice the significant wave height”.
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Both ships served many more years as sea vessels, and the Bremen is still sailing. Inside the ship, passengers could be injured or even killed if thrown around by the force of the wave and hit by any internal objects. The force of the water hitting the ship’s side at high speed would be enough to cause the cruise ship to tip over. It’s quite possible more rogue ways have reached more than 100 ft in size but the odds of them ever being in the vicinity of a cruise ship are very low. If a rogue wave is seen on the coastline, they are sometimes called a “sneaker wave” or a “king wave” in Australia.
Tsunamis have sometimes been called tidal waves in the past, but that is incorrect. A tsunami is a distinctive, one-off wave caused by a huge shift of water, usually as the result of an earthquake beneath the surface, causing the plates to move. Prior to this, there have been may more rogue waves recorded around the world too, before they were officially designated as such. By the end, I’m sure that you’ll have no fears about rogue waves on your cruise holiday. "It is with great sadness that we confirmed a guest passed away following the incident," Viking said in the statement. "We have notified the guest's family and shared our deepest sympathies. We will continue to offer our full support to the family in the hours and days ahead."
However, there may be times where a rogue wave can strike suddenly, with little time to react. So to be clear – the 58-foot tall wave is not the largest wave, and there have been some much larger waves. It’s just that the 58-foot wave is officially recorded as the biggest above the average for the area. Because the rogue wave definition is relative to the sea state, the official tallest rogue wave isn’t actually the tallest wave ever. Instead, scientists have decided that the title of ‘biggest rogue wave’ belongs to the wave which is biggest in comparison to the other waves nearby.
The 62-year-old passenger sadly died as a result of being hit by broken glass when the wave smashed a window in her cabin during the storm. The other injured passengers suffered injuries that were not life-threatening. There have been much taller waves recorded – indeed the first-ever officially recorded rogue wave was in 1995 off the coast of Norway and measured 84 feet. However, as that was ‘only’ twice the height of the surrounding waves at the time, it isn’t considered the largest rogue wave. One person died and four others were injured after a giant "rogue wave" hit an Antarctica-bound cruise ship, travel company Viking said.
You can see a video of the aftermath and an example in our post of how a cruise ship does not tip over. Let’s just say even the aftermath was a scary experience, let alone being hit by the freak wave. Although not technically cruise ships, ocean liners like the Titanic was, are built even more robustly to cope with the roughest seas on transatlantic crossings. Another theory is that rogue waves can be created due to strong winds blowing over a long fetch of water. For example, if a low-pressure system moved across the ocean with high winds.
It’s widely accepted that the Queen Mary was hit by a rogue wave in 1942 and that she suffered a lot of damage, and listed heavily. In another instance, NCL’s Norwegian Dawn was hit by three freak waves off the coast of Georgia in 2005, one of which was around 70 feet tall. The third South-Atlantic incident occurred in March 2007 when the MS Prisendam was hit by two 40-feet waves in a row.
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On Thursday, high winds also grounded flights in parts of the U.K., suspended train services and stopped Scottish ferries. Danish Search and Rescue said the vessel could "maneuver via emergency systems, and it has two civilian support vessels close by." The Viking Polaris’ next departure, the Antarctic Explorer cruise scheduled for Dec. 5-17, was canceled due to the incident.
There were no serious injuries among guests or crew members aboard the MS Maud vessel, operated by HX, formerly Hurtigruten Expeditions. The ship was on its way from Florø, Norway, to Tilbury, England, at the time, according to a spokesperson. Cruise ships are generally built to handle most waves in the ocean – they can routinely sail through feet waves without issues.
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Smaller ships are more at risk, but they are also more manoeuvrable so would stand a higher chance of being able to navigate out of the wave’s path. MS Maud was hit by a rogue wave while sailing in the North Sea between Norway, Denmark, and the UK on December 21, 2023. Windows were broken in the incident, including on the bridge, and the ship was temporarily adrift after losing power. No serious injuries were reported, but the ship required navigational assistance.
This is where students were told to gather on the MV Explorer after it was hit by a rogue wave and the ship lost propulsion amidst very stormy seas. Many people wonder what would happen if a cruise ship was hit by one of the largest ever rogue waves. The freak wave hit the ship in the early hours, 200 miles off Newfoundland, as it was carrying almost 3000 passengers. The cruise captain had previously requested all passengers stay in their quarters due to the hurricane conditions, and many would have been in their beds. In 2007 the Holland America cruise ship MS Prinsendam (now MS Amera) was hit by a rogue wave estimated to be 39ft high.
Four other guests sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the incident and were treated by the ship's doctor and medical staff, Viking said. In fact, I happened to be on the Drake Passage at the same time as Viking Polaris, aboard Atlas Ocean Voyages' Atlas World Traveller. While we experienced a moderate swell of about 15 feet, which is a somewhat calm day on the Drake, we did not encounter the rogue wave. It reached the 10th deck of the ship, breaking two windows (caused by balcony railings breaking free) and flooding over 60 cabins, along with some public areas. There were a handful of injuries and the ship was able to sail to port without any further trouble for repairs to be made. In many cases they wouldn’t be caught off-guard by a huge wave suddenly coming for the ship.
