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Ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satellites

21 July 2004
This rare photo of a rogue wave was taken by first mate Philippe Lijour aboard the supertanker Esso Languedoc, during a storm off Durban in South Africa in 1980. The mast seen starboard in the photo stands 25 metres above mean sea level. The wave approached the ship from behind before breaking over the deck, but in this case caused only minor damage. The mean wave height at the time was between 5-10 metres.

Mariners have told of freak waves for centuries
Freak waves up to 30 metres high (100 feet) that rise up from calm seas to destroy ships do exist, researchers argue.

For centuries sailors have blamed mysterious surges of water for unexplainable sinkings but the claims have always attracted plenty of scepticism.

Merchant ship labouring in heavy seas as huge wave looms astern. Huge waves are common near the 100-fathom curve on the Bay of Biscay. Published in Fall 1993 issue of Mariner's Weather Log.

Rescue workers have evacuated 51 crew members from a Norwegian oil platform that broke loose from its moorings in heavy storms in the North Sea.

The owners of the rig say it has now been brought under control, although earlier it appeared the platform might run adrift again.

Twenty-one people remained on board to operate the platform, with a ship ready to rescue them if necessary.

The Bideford Dolphin rig had been doing exploratory work about 150km (90 miles) northwest of Bergen, off the Norwegian coast, when six of its eight anchor chains snapped in heavy seas.

On Wednesday, September 5, 2001 the Ikan Tanda, a bulk carrier, ran aground off Scarborough on the southern Cape Peninsula's Atlantic coast, at the mercy of what has been described as the worst storm for 50 years. The same storm blew a fishing vessel onto the breakwater in Table Bay.
10 beaufort:
wind:48-55 knots sea:waves;9-12.5 m
Very high waves with long overhanging crests, the resulting foam, in great patches, is blown in dense white streaks along the wind direction. On the whole the sea surface takes a white appearance, tumbling of the sea is heavy and shock like. Visibility affected.
8 beaufort:
Wind: 34-40 knots Sea: waves; 5,5-7,5 M
Moderately high waves of greater length, edges of crest begin to break into the spindrift, foam blown in well marked streaks along the wind direction.
Cool Express on her way to Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
5 beaufort:
Wind: 11-16 knots Sea: Waves 1-1.5 M
Small waves becoming longer, fairly frequent white horses.
11 beaufort:
Wind: 56-63 knots Sea: waves; 11.5-16 M Exceptionally high waves, small-medium sized vessels may be lost to view behind the waves. Sea completely covered with long white patches of foam lying along the wind direction. Everywhere, the edges of wave crests are blown into froth.
9 beaufort:
Wind: 41-47 knots Sea: waves; 7-10 M
High waves, dense streaks of foam along the direction of the wind, wave crests begin to topple, tumble and roll over. Spray may affect visibility.
7 beaufort:
Wind: 28-33 knots Sea: waves 4-4.5 M.
Sea heaps up, white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks along the wind direction.
12 beaufort:
Wind: 64 knots and more. Sea: completely white with driving spray, visibility very seriously affected. The air is filled with foam and spray.
cool high waves
Northern Explorer:
Lloyds class 100 A1, but should be limited to aquariums to prevent rolling. This looks odd, but even at 12 beaufort this type survives (when driven carefully).

 

The two halves of the Malaysian cargo ship Selendang Ayu are pounded by waves as it sits offshore of Skan Bay on Unalaska Island, Alaska, in the Aleutian islands chain.
Very High Cool Wave's Ahead

 

The Bering Sea kicking up a little bit. On the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship BROWN BEAR.