5 TERRIFYING Rogue Wave Encounters

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Rogue waves. For centuries they’ve captured the public’s imagination and terrified sailors - they have become the stuff of legends. But for a long time, Rogue Waves couldn’t even be proven to exist, but then, in the modern age, ships began to encounter huge waves, seemingly out of nowhere at sea. Some of these encounters were deadly; and some even sank ships. Here are some terrifying true encounters with real life rogue waves! Featuring the RMS Lusitania, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, RMS Queen Mary, SS Michelangelo and the MS Munich / MS München.
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Written by Michael Brady
Editing assistance by Michael Keegan
Animation by Michael Brady in Unreal Engine 4
Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest machines and vessels- from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the R.101 airship to the battleship Bismarck. Join researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!
#ship #history #disaster #sinking #wave #tsunami #rogue wave #titanic #queen mary #engineering
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Lusitania
3:50 Queen Elizabeth 2
6:31 Queen Mary
10:58 Michelangelo
13:19 Munich /München

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@marhawkman303 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't do that cruiseliner one from a few years back where the liner got side swiped. busted windows and flooded rooms all the way to the top of the ship. left some really spectacular footage giving you a terrifying idea of just what'd happen to a smaller vessel taking a wave like that.

@theamazingmarlbito6293 Жыл бұрын

What if a rouge wave went over a submarine that was close to the surface? Would it pick up the submarine? Horrifying 😳

@yapandasoftware Жыл бұрын

Just stayed on the QE2 in Dubai last week. It's a floating hotel now. I recognized the photos as I walked over the entire boat. Awesome ship!

@MikeFord-io2jb Жыл бұрын

@@philobetto5106 '.... 'rouge' governments? do you mean rogue?

@giggiddy Жыл бұрын

@@philobetto5106 Give it a rest pal. We come here to get away from that crap.

@okankyoto Жыл бұрын

One of the terrifying possible reasons why only in the 20th century did rogue waves start to have evidence found for them is theroized to be that- in the time before ships were made of steel, anyone who encountered them simply vanished

@SofaKingShit Жыл бұрын

Here be monsters.

@domobran7 Жыл бұрын

It is in fact the only possible reason. Rogue waves may have become more frequent due to oil spills reducing surface tension, and possibly also warming climate (though ice caps seem to be recovering, so jury is still out on global warming). But they always existed, so the only reason why they wouldn't be reported is that there was nobody left alive to report them.

@johannlaufenberg9798 Жыл бұрын

S. S. Pacific perhaps?

@beepbeeplettuce5890 Жыл бұрын

@@johannlaufenberg9798 no

@Kaidhicksii Жыл бұрын

Exactly, especially back in the 19th century and the centuries before it. Generally, in wooden ships less than 200-feet long powered by sail, those who encountered freak waves weren't coming back to tell about them.

@artakaworks7821 Жыл бұрын

The fact that the Lusitania managed to survive getting dipped like that, with no casualties no less, is honestly a testament to these Gilded age beasts.

@giggiddy Жыл бұрын

Make no mistake. Modern cruise ships are not designed for that. A rogue wave will destroy one of those.

@artakaworks7821 Жыл бұрын

@@giggiddy absolutely. Those monstrosities are top heavy floating hotels lmao

@Kaidhicksii Жыл бұрын

True. It also simultaneously scares me to think about what might have happened if the wave that struck her was any larger. It was _only_ ~75' tall. Imagine if it were 90-100' tall?

@The_DC_Kid Жыл бұрын

Stop before you make me cry (with laughter).

@J.R.in_WV Жыл бұрын

@@Kaidhicksiithe wave was approximately 75 feet above sea level but due to gravity and the natural trough behind a moving wave causing the bow of a ship to “slam” down to far deeper than normal draft depth after coming down the back side of the wave it crested the height of the wave if measured from Lusitania’s normal waterline was near to 90 feet….scary stuff. More in depth studies have said the heavy steel used in her superstructure, including the wheelhouse, breaking the remaining surface tension of the oncoming wall of water was all that saved the bridge crew from being killed instantly when the wave impacted the wheelhouse. Once surface tension is broken the water starts to become “aerated” and while still a deadly force it’s something the human body can at least stand a chance of fighting for survival. That old adage about hitting solid water at high speed being like hitting concrete is true, think of doing a belly-flop vs a dive at the pool. Using your outstretched hands or pointed feet to break the surface with as narrow and pointed an object as possible. The bridge crew were all lined up to basically do a 90mph standing belly flop but the large, flat front of the bridge took that impact and aside from the windows held together keeping the men from being blown apart on impact.

@trapset1539 Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine the horror of the officer who saw the wave crash over the lusitainia with himself above the ship with his legs submerged. Incredible.

@exactlywhatisaid Жыл бұрын

he was up there on his tippy toes

@skedaddledbraincell Жыл бұрын

@@exactlywhatisaid TIPPY TOES💀

@ZGryphon Жыл бұрын

To be fair, he probably _needed_ his trousers rinsed by that point.

@75blackviking 11 ай бұрын

@@ZGryphon Perhaps even shoveled...

@ZeldaTheSwordsman Жыл бұрын

The Queen Mary's ability to _recover_ from the extreme rolls she was vulnerable to was absolutely insane.

@cynvision 5 ай бұрын

Considering the documentary I watched about Roll on Roll off ships, it is possible that the equipment loaded on board the Queen Mary was very well tied down properly and hatches were closed. Which was probably just the care and attention given to wartime things and military orders and training; where the current shipping industry is about speed and thus, you get ships that are rolling and not recovering. The documetary was about the Sun Ray in Brunswick Georgia where software was trying to balance a lot of loading and unloading and officers didn't have a great safety culture of checking after each other and the computer doing the math of the ship balance. Then, they opened a door for the harbor pilot to leave faster...

@daleslover2771 4 ай бұрын

I would imagine that when she started to roll, with 16000 + men on board, they moved in the opposite direction to help her, self right.. doing a calculation that 16000 × 200 lbs per man average would be 1,600 tons or 8 locomotive engins weight. I know if I was on the ship, I would be on oppose wall like a spider😂

@magesalmanac6424 4 ай бұрын

200lbs per man is generous.

@holdenmoore3303 3 ай бұрын

@@magesalmanac6424hardly most men weigh more

@jimness5902 3 ай бұрын

@@daleslover2771 the men were acting as ballast I would think most of them were well below the water line deep in the ship

@sitara2783 Жыл бұрын

My dad was a merchant mariner for 39 years and the stories he tells me have made me terrified and enamored of the ocean to this day. He's had a few near-capsizings which constantly leave me wondering how I managed to be born. (In that scenario, it doesn't matter that he can't swim.) Keep up the good work; cheers from the USA.

@marhawkman303 Жыл бұрын

I've come to suspect the reason the rogue wave thing was considered a legend for so long... is because of how few survivors there were in the old days. :/

@wotan10950 Жыл бұрын

I worked for a short time at Bermuda Star Line. My late mother, who couldn’t swim, was somewhat reassured that I was a strong swimmer. I said, “What difference does it make? If you’re more than a mile from shore, swimming isn’t going to help you a bit!”

@Operngeist1 Жыл бұрын

@@wotan10950 if you can keep yourself from drowning long enough for rescue to arrive then it does make a difference.

@doggonemess1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you to your father for his service! My dad was in the US Navy for 30 years. He was the CO of the USS Reid in the early '90s. I remember on one family cruise, waves were breaking over the forecastle, sometimes with the bow submerging and I was freaking out. He thought it was funny. Basically, his attitude was "this is nothing". I've never doubted the sea's power!

@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 Жыл бұрын

@@wotan10950 old navy vets tell the same story, a lot of them couldn’t swim but what would it matter you get sunk out in the ocean you aren’t going to swim anywhere

@VitZ9 Жыл бұрын

"Don't worry, this ship is practically unsinkable!" "Oh no. No no no no no. I'm not getting on that death trap."

@anoia7783 Жыл бұрын

For real thou any ship said to be unsinkable got sunk on maiden voyage

@larchman4327 Жыл бұрын

@@anoia7783 the ocean ranger drilling rig was also unsinkable.

@nyotamwuaji6484 Жыл бұрын

This ship is unsinkable! The ocean: HOW MANY TIMES MUST I TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN

@billyhomeyer7414 5 ай бұрын

@@larchman4327I was near the Ocean Ranger 2/14,15/82 on a Phillips Petroleum Oil tanker heading to or leaving Holyrood NF. Think we caught some of that wave - the tanker rolled 33deg one way then 35deg the other way. Scary shit.

@larchman4327 5 ай бұрын

@@billyhomeyer7414 I was on a vlcc 889x144 going back and forth from Valdez to long Beach. We were in 30 foot swells one but didn't effect ship too much couldn't imagine it listing 30 degrees that's unimaginable especially in engine room with all that heavy equipment......... and heavy spare parts. That's cool to hear.

@jgrab1 Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised the narrator doesn't mention that one of the soldiers on board the Queen Mary was Paul Gallico, a novelist who later wrote a book called The Poseidon Adventure. The book was based on the near-rollover incident, and when they made the movie a few years later, they used the Queen Mary, recently retired, as their ship.

@59Drauz 9 ай бұрын

I have not read The Poseidon Adventure, but the movie is pure kitsch. Perhaps neither has historical merit.

@jayive34 9 ай бұрын

@@59DrauzWell, Paul Gallico sure used his ordeal aboard Queen Mary as an inspiration for his book.

@E3ECO 7 ай бұрын

Interesting. That was a fun movie.

@hattyburrow716 6 ай бұрын

Fascinating

@superboats2 5 ай бұрын

I have all 3 movie versions of "The Poseidon Adventure" and the book. It would have been perfect in the remakes that they would offer pineapple upside down cake for dessert at the dinner and have people dancing to Lionel Richie's "Dancing on the Ceiling" in the disco.

@You-can-fix-it-yourself Жыл бұрын

I have a photo from my grandfather while on board the USS Wyoming, in the South China sea, during a typhoon. He was in the crow's nest and took a photo of a 130 ft wave coming at them from behind. I calculated the height using trigonometry, and the ship's dimensions. No one ever doubted his stories of life at sea after taking that photo.

@beefchops1400 Жыл бұрын

Crikey that sounds utterly terrifying!

@You-can-fix-it-yourself Жыл бұрын

@@beefchops1400 He said it was a regular thing during typhoons. He also spoke of White Squals.

@pauls3204 Жыл бұрын

I witnessed 100 foot waves on a Scottish North Sea oil platform I have never seen anything remotely like it, you can feel the pressure of the weight of water consuming and compressing the atmosphere

@mattheweisley8570 Жыл бұрын

Post an image of it please.

@stab74 10 ай бұрын

Post this online somewhere and link us!

@ksig219 Жыл бұрын

When I was a passenger on the Maiden Transatlantic Voyage of the Queen Mary 2 in April 2004 from Southampton UK to NYC we were in a massive storm for 4 of the 6 day crossing. I was having dinner on deck 7 in one of the alternative restaurants and seated in a glass alcove that protruded out on boat deck with a view looking forward toward the bow. I was amazed at the massive rolling waves going by that were clearly visible when suddenly feeling a sudden vibration and then looking up to see the biggest wave I have ever seen which had obviously slammed into and over the bow. creating a wall of white that towered over the height of the boat deck. years later i found a drawing posted online done by a passenger who was an artist to show what we went through. truely amazing to experience but also terrifying. I wish i had the ability to post that image on here so you all could see it.

@vergofmadness3527 Жыл бұрын

Is there any possibility you might remember the name of the artist, or even any information regarding where you might have seen it online? Any additional details could help!

@vergofmadness3527 Жыл бұрын

@@ksig219 Wow, that was FAR more information than I had hoped for - Thank you so much, Dennis, it's greatly appreciated!

@agneyfernandes Жыл бұрын

Those are not uncommon

@radamik Жыл бұрын

Apparently the Italian Line’s Andrea Doria encountered a rogue wave on its maiden voyage to New York in early 1953, injuring some passengers - it might been considered a bad omen when 3 and a half years later the ship collided with the SS Stockholm and sank. Yet during those few years the Andrea Doria was one of the most popular and luxurious ships in service, despite its ominous maiden voyage and ultimate fate.

@factssboy Жыл бұрын

We can all agree that he has never disappointed us with this content, very, very cool, I also shoot such videos about interesting mysterious facts come see☺😙

@samhouston9162 Жыл бұрын

I'm happy more people are actually making content on rogue waves, even with the still limited understanding we have of them. It's something that should be discussed a lot more when it comes to ships at sea.

@Kaidhicksii Жыл бұрын

Even though we are still little closer to predicting rogue waves than we were even 2 decades ago, we have an understanding of some of the factors that cause them. - Wind and waves travelling one way meeting a current travelling another - Two waves coming from opposite directions meeting head-on - One wave running down another wave - Geographical conditions - Sea states becoming nonlinear causing waves to absorb each other's energy (how seas become nonlinear is still not understood, although it relates to quantum physics) In any case, we still have a lot to learn. To me, that's frankly part of the fun. For one, you'll never live long enough to know everything. Still, that only motivates me to try and learn as much as possible. Second, most people look at nature as something to be conquered. That is something which will never happen, which is why I look at nature more so as a challenge to be met, constantly striving to evolve with it.

@JoshuaTootell Жыл бұрын

There is a Veritasium video where he visits the US Navy testing lab where they can create "rogue" waves.

@ehaurader2640 Жыл бұрын

@@Kaidhicksii yeah something like that the ripples everything makes in the ocean Frequency shock or something like that

@edwardmeade Жыл бұрын

@@Kaidhicksii It has nothing to do with quantum physics. It's trigonometry. It's constructive interference of two or more intersecting wave trains. Since it is almost impossible to get two wave trains of the same frequency AND the same bearing (or reciprocal bearing) they tend to be short duration events.

@jf6901 Жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaTootell Nature is as strong as it is beautiful. I'm with you.

@eboyjim Жыл бұрын

In 1985 a rogue/sneaker wave struck Fastnet Lighthouse off the coast of southern Ireland. It smashed the windows and broke the light 46 metres in the air. I don't know how the hell it took until 1995 for us to realize they were real.

@VitZ9 Жыл бұрын

The answer is academics who have never been out in the field, denying the lived experience of people who work in that field, because they're "better educated", despite having no experience or practical knowledge. I remember even when the scientific community started accepting the possibility of rouge waves, there were still plenty of "experts" who firmly believed they didn't exist, or only existed as a direct result of hurricanes, etc. Hubris is not a new phenomenon unfortunately, and it continues to this day. People just don't like to be told they're wrong, or something similar would never happen to them.

@pavelslama5543 Жыл бұрын

It was mostly due to the low number of witnesses, because the wave usually got immediately rid of them.

@pavelslama5543 Жыл бұрын

It was mostly due to the low number of witnesses, because the wave usually got immediately rid of them.

@okankyoto Жыл бұрын

It took until 1995 for there to be substantial direct measurement of the event. With all the data points to prove it conclusively, but one had to hit a platform that was specifically taking that kind of data.

@eboyjim Жыл бұрын

@@okankyoto Yeah I know and I understand but I don’t know how you look at an event like fastnet (a gigantic lighthouse with seismic readings) and don’t think “there’s something going on here.” To this day large ships go down in rough seas and it never gets reported as rogue waves, even though a rogue wave is basically the only natural event that could sink an oil tanker or a battleship out at sea. What’s shocking is the commonness of them and how they stayed unknown for so long. Every storm season buoys off Western Europe and the Eastern United States report 30m+ rogues on a very frequent basis.

@twrecks4598 Жыл бұрын

The Lucy animation was amazing! I can easily imagine that the Edmund Fitzgerald encountered this very same thing, but unfortunately was unable to recover. So hard to imagine something that size just getting swallowed up whole like that... the scale involved is mind boggling. Love your channel, keep up the great work!

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

There's a number of theories about the "Big Fitz's" loss, all plausible, but the thing to remember is it's a bit of an oversimplification to call them the Great Lakes, they're really inland seas and capable of doing anything seas can do to ships.

@wotan10950 Жыл бұрын

On a business trip to Detroit, I visited the Maritime Sailors Cathedral, the one mentioned in Gordon Lightfoot’s famous song.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

@@wotan10950 Thank God for Gordon Lightfoot! If it wasn't for the song the Edmund Fitzgerald would be just another Great Lakes shipwreck, forgotten by all except the families of the lost. Now they'll always be remembered and by extension all those lost in Great Lakes shipwrecks.

@jamesgroccia644 Жыл бұрын

They might've split up, or they might've capsized, they may have broke deep and took water. But all that remains are the faces and the names of the wives, the sons and the daughters.

@wotan10950 Жыл бұрын

I remember one critic said that Lightfoot was the only one who could make a rhyme out of “the big lake they called Gitche Gumee” and “the skies of November turn gloomy.” 😀

@gowanhewlett745 Жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation. Voice: every word audible. Pace: slow enough to hear and the ember facts. Great illustrations. Thankyou

@CancelHappiness 3 ай бұрын

Those aren't mountains...they're waves.

@thomastaylor6699 Ай бұрын

Reminds me of a certain si-fi movie I saw.😊 " Interstellar "

@ChefDeRavioli Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the transition into 3D! Can’t wait to see this form of media grow and new animations of new ships

@Kaidhicksii Жыл бұрын

Almost forgot to mention that. Really makes these videos even more immersive than they already are. Good on you Mike! :D👍

@dantheartisan Жыл бұрын

Out of 60 years of sailing and motoring both salt and fresh waters, the most horrifying thin I've ever experienced was a roque wave on a perfectly calm lake. It wasn't the size, I've riden much, MUCH larger waves, it was the velocity of the continuous breaking of the wave. It was like a supernatural experience.

@dantheartisan Жыл бұрын

@Lemons Limes after year of thought, I think what was normally a “bank” of gravel on the side of the cliff must have slid down due to being submerged. Even with that scenario, (the most logical), the result was much more intense than would be expected.

@j.pershing2197 5 ай бұрын

This sounds crazy but i watched a 3 ft wave roll down the Sangamon River here in Illinois. Calm to. It stole my fishing gear and nearly dipped me. It was moving 20-30 knots. Never seen that before or since.

@alanmacification Жыл бұрын

As a kid, I like watching waves on Lake Ontario. They came in sets of three. Every once in a while, one of the three waves would seem to steal the energy of the others and rear up, then die down, and another would pop up nearby. It looked to me like the energy of the waves hitting the shore was being reflected back at an off angle and interacting with the incoming waves, creating peaks and troughs or canceling waves as it passed.

@danakess389 Жыл бұрын

On the Great Lakes, the waves do come in three’s, the “three sisters”.

@whoever6458 6 ай бұрын

That's the thought I had about it too: constructive or destructive wave interference.

@j.pershing2197 5 ай бұрын

Reverberation. Lake storms are bad because waves come from multiple directions.

@jetsons101 Жыл бұрын

I have heard that the original 1972 "The Poseidon Adventure" movie was based on the rogue wave that hit the Queen Mary. Parts of the movie were even filmed on board the Mary after she was bought by the city of Long Beach CA. Great watch, thanks to Mike for his time and work.....

@theshenpartei Жыл бұрын

Neat

@KiwiSentinel Жыл бұрын

The Mary was a slow roller and hung on the roll. I 1936 Paul Gallico was onboard when, during lunch, the ship rolled and hung on the end of a long roll. He wondered what would happen if the ship had just kept going over all the way. Years later while looking for an idea for a book remembered the event and the Poseidon Adventure was born.

@Kaidhicksii Жыл бұрын

True. The author, Paul Gallico, was aboard the Queen Mary during a crossing in 1936, when she ran into a rough storm. When an exceptionally large wave hit, it knocked the ship onto her side. Gallico was in the dining hall at the time, and besides the obvious tables flipping, cutlery crashing and people sliding, he reported looking out the window and seeing nothing but the water. The thought came into his mind on what would have happened if the Queen Mary rolled all the way over, and when the time came for him to write a book, this incident came floating back, and The Poseidon Adventure was born.

@fionnmaccumhaill3257 Жыл бұрын

Check out the movie "White Squal"!

@jetsons101 Жыл бұрын

@@fionnmaccumhaill3257 Just watched the movie trailer, looks pretty good.

@Unownshipper Жыл бұрын

This is extremely impressive. You've done a marvelous job recreating these liners and the weather and lighting effects really set the atmosphere. I'd never heard of any of these incidents except for the Mary.

@InfiniteDroidArmies Жыл бұрын

For me, the story about the Queen Mary is the most terrifying. What an absolute disaster that could’ve been. Any loss of life is terrible of course, but 16,000 soldiers and 1,000 crew?

@TopImpressiveLine Жыл бұрын

It's impressive that the Lusitania, QE2, Queen Mary, and Michelangelo survived the rogue waves they encountered. Except for the Munich.

@enpakeksi765 Жыл бұрын

Do you think the München will ever be discovered?

@TopImpressiveLine Жыл бұрын

@@enpakeksi765 If Munich had a similar fate to the SS Naronic, then there's a high chance she won't be discovered.

@IloveCruiseShips1912 Жыл бұрын

The MS Munchen's loss was so haunting and scary, can't imagine what the crew must have felt when the rogue waves hit. Must have been so scary for the troops on RMS Queen Mary when she was hit by that wave. They must have felt shocked when they found how close their ship came to capsizing especially when other ships like MS Munchen sank. Must have felt terrifying to the officer who stood on the RMS Lusitania's compass platform.

@nursestoyland 5 ай бұрын

And the helmsman along with the bridge crew on the Lusitania

@jameswhite1910 Жыл бұрын

I was on one of the ships caught by superstorm Sandy. Most of the ships survived, not all. It was something that really brought stories like these to reality. At the time, this was the largest cruise liner built - but we were dwarfed by waves. The 6th floor windows were smashed and that deck abandoned. I was on the 8th and it felt from that height like we were ants in a mountain range. When we rose up a wave - it seemed like we were climbing for minutes, then, the ship would teeter and come crashing down at free-fall speed on the other side. Nobody believed that even steel could withstand the pounding. When disaster hits, and then, suddenly, the magic of engineering fails... the feeling of hopelessness must be overwhelming.

@christophermarquis8384 11 ай бұрын

I'm active USCG, and I flew in superstorm Sandy (C-130J) on the HMS Bounty case... by the time my sortie was out there, it was just a debris field, but I remember looking at the 270-foot cutter that was down there and seeing the props coming out of the water. The ocean will kill you dead and care not.

@jameswhite1910 11 ай бұрын

@@christophermarquis8384 The fate of the crew of the Bounty still haunts me. Glad we have you guys though, at least you give us some hope in case of the worst.

@wlmontag Жыл бұрын

WOW!! This video was absolutely mesmerizing and in my opinion your best one yet. Thanks for taking the time to create this masterpiece.

@jakestewart2323 Жыл бұрын

Bravo, Mike! Rogue waves have always held a morbid fascination for me, and I really enjoyed this video!

@billbruff9613 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael. Great animation to bring these stories to life. I ALWAYS learn something new from you. Your deprh of knowledge is awe inspiring.

@jaycagey Жыл бұрын

While doing a crossing on the Queen Mary 2, I bought a book by the ship's architect, Stephen Payne, detailing how the ship was designed and built. At one point, he had arguments with Carnival and Cunard executives about the need to design the ship as a true ocean liner and not as a typical cruise ship. He highlighted the Michelangelo and Queen Elizabeth 2 incidents in his presentation and, as he stated it, "Photographs of these episodes really focused the Carnival/Cunard audience and thereafter there was no question that if we were to maintain the tradition of transatlantic crossings, it was agreed that it had to be by liner and not cruise ship."

@baritonebynight Жыл бұрын

Thankfully we still have the option of traveling across the ocean on a liner vs the vile act of flying!

@ZekeGraal Жыл бұрын

Rouge waves are fascinating to me. You described the events of the München with more detail than I have heard before. Looks like I need to do some reading! Thanks Mike!

@Aengus42 Жыл бұрын

You reminded me of my nan! She lived in Torbay, Devon in a bungalow overlooking the bay. Her taps in the kitchen used to suffer from water hammer. This is a very loud droning noise emanating from the water pipes sounding just like a foghorn. Anyway, any time this happened, she'd point out to sea & say "Oh! The Queen Mary's in!" 🚢

@FlatOut_ Жыл бұрын

Love what you're doing with the 3D stuff now, your overall production is getting better and better too. Keep it up mate

@waverleyjournalise5757 Жыл бұрын

One of your best - and most haunting - videos yet. You have a way with words, and these new 3d animations are an excellent way of setting and telling the scene.

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@kaiplue Жыл бұрын

This whole video is so intense. Had me at the edge of my seat. The animations were great at conveying the tension with your narration!

@m4terol Жыл бұрын

Such a fascinating video once again! The animations in this one were impressive. Thank you for your effort and dedication, Mike! Can’t stay anything but happy with your videos. 😊

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

Cheers Lari!

@Alex87826 Жыл бұрын

Always been super fascinated by rogue waves, cheers Mike!

@themightyangustma2753 4 ай бұрын

The story of the München has always fascinated me, and I’m glad you featured it in this video. I do really hope she’s found one day, along with her crew.

@cassoIa 10 ай бұрын

Your use of words in each script capture my attention and perfectly provide visuals when I’m not looking at the screen (I sometimes use these vids to help me sleep haha) or at least, I attempt to sleep! The info you relay is too good to miss! Absolutely brilliant stuff! 👏🏻

@Thatmeepgamer Жыл бұрын

I have no idea how you did this. This video is so good and the stories told so well. The Munich story is terrifying. The way the music and the images and the way you animated and told the story. Huh gives me the chills

@todsturgeon2977 Жыл бұрын

Great video. As someone who experienced a rogue wave from the helm, you managed to capture both the horror and fascination of the power of the sea.

@richardkohlhof Жыл бұрын

I've heard of some of these rogue waves but this is the most comprehensive I've ever seen thank you so much

@finsfan90 Жыл бұрын

The production quality of this video is amazing! Awesome content!

@iaincatto6241 Жыл бұрын

I was a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy. The knowledge that these occur is terrifying. Going from Durban up through the Agulhas is an area where we had to keep a close eye out for rogue waves.

@williamcrawford805 3 ай бұрын

There have been some tragic losses off the Wild Coast. Ships have foundered, falling into massive holes caused by the relatively shallow water, the strong current and opposing weather. One was the Waratah for which they are still looking, lost with all hands.

@shamy4 Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video! Such a haunting topic, and I can't imagine the sheer terror of those men on the Queen Mary thinking they were going to capsize. Can't wait for the next video!

@hamishneilson7140 Жыл бұрын

Do you think a part of the reason why the Queen Mary 2 didn't roll over is because all the loose furniture that would typically go flying had been stripped out, and she was filled with thousands of troops who would've been holding on to all sorts of things rather than becoming a living free surface effect?

@briananthony4044 Жыл бұрын

Yes, hundreds of tons of loose items moving to the lower side could have finished her off.

@matthewmosier8439 Жыл бұрын

I would also imagine that she was sitting lower in the water due to the extra passengers. A lower center of gravity. I've seen 28 degrees of roll and it feels pretty extreme. Could not imagine 50

@ct1762 Жыл бұрын

a 40,000 ton ship is hardly going to be effected by loose fittings. loose cargo sure. but not furniture.

@baritonebynight Жыл бұрын

It wasn't the Queen Mary 2.

@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 Жыл бұрын

My grandfather rode to Europe on the Queen Mary in 42 or 43. He said it was absolutely packed with troops and was a gamblers paradise. My grandfather was a very good poker and craps player.

@themaverickline Жыл бұрын

Love your channel, Mike! The Queen Mary story is incredible - I was at the wheel of a sail boat once (my first time at the wheel too!) when we came around an island and got hit with a massive wind gust which rolled the boat over about 50 degrees. The inclinometer tipped into the red and maxed out, and the port side deck and railing actually dipped underwater. Thankfully we were able to recover quickly, and amazingly no one was hurt. But in the moment I thought for sure we were going to have people go overboard - any further and that probably would have happened. I can't imagine what this must have been like in a ship the size of the Queen Mary! Crazy stuff.

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

Terrifying!

@ami2evil Жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns Trouser Slopping!

@Sassymouse88 Жыл бұрын

Mike, you always seem to know when I'm having a bad day, coz you post a video to help me feel better. Thank you!

@SR-xk8cd Жыл бұрын

Great video, all I can say is, the naval architects who design these big ships are absolute geniuses. You also have to admire the people who build these incredible vessels, and the crew that operate them.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

Great stories well told Mike! As usual! I'm reminded of something one of my favorite writers of sea stories, Tristan Jones, once said: "The power of the sea can make any of mans powers, like the atomic bomb, look as puny as the waving of a baby's fist!" I've crossed the North Atlantic myself in some dirty weather (not as bad as in the video) and I can say from experience it can be a VERY hostile environment out there!

@pieterveenders9793 Жыл бұрын

Although I would say Tsar Bomba gave the power of the sea a run for it's money, when you think of the utter destruction of the 2004 Indian Ocean and 2011 Pacific Ocean tsunami which hit Japan, then yeah a megathrust tsunami would definitely be a lot more powerfull than our biggest nuke ever detonated.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

@@pieterveenders9793 Not even Tsar Bomba, although it's a sure bet that Russian bomber crew probably need a few shots of Stoly to calm their nerves after dropping it!

@jonessr2800 Жыл бұрын

Great content as always Mike. Rogue waves are definitely the scariest monsters out there.

@concept5631 Жыл бұрын

Not as scary as Rogue Holes imo

@jonessr2800 Жыл бұрын

@@concept5631 never heard of it tbh

@concept5631 Жыл бұрын

@@jonessr2800 Black Holes but water

@niedas3426 Жыл бұрын

@@jonessr2800 'A 2012 study supported the existence of oceanic rogue holes, the inverse of rogue waves, where the depth of the hole can reach more than twice the significant wave height. Rogue holes have been replicated in experiments using water-wave tanks, but have not been confirmed in the real world.' New fear unlocked I guess. Add that to the list of reasons why I'll gladly be a filthy landrat and be happy about it /s Seriously though, that's fascinating. I wonder if they actually occur in real-world conditions and if they do, how rare and devastating they would be compared to rogue waves.

@TheOriginalCFA1979 Жыл бұрын

@@niedas3426o not black holes in water but really a “Rogue Trough,” the opposite of a Rogue Wave. A black hole in water happens every time you unplug your bathtub, it’s a whirlpool not a deep wave. We’ve used literally that to do black hole simulations. However, to your question, I’d assume extremely, it would be hard to have the required momentum to power out of it I think and I’d assume there’s probably a chance of it closing with you inside. (Think in wave tanks when simulated rogue waves “collapse” as the “closure”, as everything would be inverse)

@RyanKlapperich Жыл бұрын

Has anyone collected stories from troops aboard the Queen Mary? It'd be interesting to hear what a journey with 16000 other people was like.

@CorePathway Жыл бұрын

One big vomitorium

@graham2631 Жыл бұрын

Here's some from a guy who l used to go fishing with as a boy. On the way back from the war the poker games on deck were incredible. Anything you can imagine being bet. I raise your luger with this iron cross... and the boxing matches.... Then they got off the coast and were low priority, meaning they anchored for 2 weeks before they could go ashore. They were pissed anything that wasn't bolted down went over the side. Along with other ships, making the debris flow miles long.

@Wingnut_Stickman Жыл бұрын

Read "Roots" -- there is a chapter that covers this type of crossing.

@johnoneill5661 Жыл бұрын

Smelly 🤢🤮

@imagaybanana2004 Жыл бұрын

The Munich story really freaked me out. Especially with that creepy music, and you’re chilling narration! Very very well done. Something about unsolved mysteries like that are so unsettling to me.

@patanouketgersiflet9486 Жыл бұрын

Great stuff. Rogue waves are terrifying indeed, your heart probably skips a beat or a dozen when you're unlucky enough to see one.

@looneyflight Жыл бұрын

I've watched some of the research into rogue waves. They're used wave pools to recreate the phenomenon. They created single double and triple rogue waves in a row. The scariest one is able to lift a ship so high that when coming out it leaves so much if the ship unsupported by water that it could break the ships back. Don't think they have ever found a ship that was broken like that before though.

@sblack48 Жыл бұрын

A bunch of WWII liberty ships disappeared, possibly due to encountering large waves. It was discovered that the welds used tested fine at room temperature but at sea water temps on the North Atlantic they became brittle. So in a heavy sea they just broke up.

@jameschenard1386 Жыл бұрын

@@sblack48 attention to detail is everything. Glad you mentioned it. Liberty ships were built with an expected service life of less than a decade; they were born of the necessity to get as much “over there” as quickly as possible. A lot of short cuts in their design in order to fill an immediate need. Those welds were ultimately a result of that

@sblack48 Жыл бұрын

@@jameschenard1386 my understanding is that they simply didn’t understand the impact of temperature on the ductility of the welds. Apparently it was a lady Engineer who made the discovery. Very unusual for the time.

@graham2631 Жыл бұрын

They found the Edmond Fitzgerald broken in half.

@sblack48 Жыл бұрын

@@Klaus293 they were launching them every day and a half. England was starving and they needed to move tonnage at all costs. They had to build them faster than the uboats could sink them. I suspect they were pretty ragged vessels.

@leopardone2386 Жыл бұрын

You mentioned the München on my favorite maritime channel no less! I hope she's found soon. Great video yet terrifying. Three thumbs up!

@kmydet Жыл бұрын

the 3d animations combined with the music choice made this almost feel like a movie, great work as always and i've always loved the mary's rouge wave story, it's incredible to think that the ship was able to right itself from an approx. ~50 degree list

@straits9260 Жыл бұрын

Love seeing the new 3d renditions of the ships

@johniwan1 Жыл бұрын

Well done Mike, always enjoy your videos.

@St.Linguini_of_Pesto Жыл бұрын

Wow, the animation of the rogue washing over the decks of the Lusitania are terrifying. I'm now a confirmed landlubber. Great video, I love sea stories.

@NonsensicalNauticalRambings Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait, looks fantastic! I’m going to assume that Lusitania, Queen Mary, and Michelangelo will be in this video. Edit: at 1:16, is that the Lusitania model you have been working on with Tom Lynksey? Edit 2: Alright, the 3D models are fantastic. Can’t wait to see how far you’ll go with them. Also, never heard of QE2’s rouge wave encounter, and just never heard of the Munich in general.

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

No this Lusitania is another model :) So glad you enjoyed the video!

@willbreckinridge8010 Жыл бұрын

I may be a couple days late to comment, but this is seriously probably your highest quality video. The animations are absolutely stunning, and they tell such fascinating stories :)

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

Thanks Will!

@SarahGreen523 Жыл бұрын

Love those smoke stacks on the Michelangelo! This was entertaining and terrifying. So glad I found this channel!

@S3JUN3 Жыл бұрын

Good video also wait ITS 3D!

@J.M.Chadwick6 Жыл бұрын

Another excellently done presentation. I am pleased that I have just recently discovered "Oceanliner Designs".

@johnsrabe Жыл бұрын

Nicely done. The tiny James Caird, under Shackleton, faced a huge wave, but survived due to a “miracle of bouancy.” It’s startling to realize how devastating they can also be to giant ships. I almost wonder if they could be more dangerous to a big ship, than a little, sealed life boat?

@chawnadams9648 Жыл бұрын

It depends on the size but a 100ft boat in 20ft sea's you bury the bow when coming out of the trough at the bottom before the start of the wave and slam back down after going over the crest. In a smaller boat rise and fall more but you don't get the slamming down after cresting the wave since you don't have the front 1/3 of the boat in air.

@sirridesalot6652 Жыл бұрын

The captain of SS Edmund Fitzgerald wired that the ship was holding its own but it sank shortly afterwards. I believe that it too was hit by one or more rogue waves. Those rogue waves may not have been the sole cause of the ship sinking so fast but I do firmly believe that they were the final blow.

@lhaviland8602 Жыл бұрын

They likely got hit from behind and "slid" to the bottom face-first too which just makes it even scarier. Like imagine being on the bridge and you plunge into what seems like an average trough but then you just. keep. going. Goddamn terrifying.

@2lipToo 10 ай бұрын

@@lhaviland8602 Absolutely chilling!

@marckyle5895 5 ай бұрын

When Gordon Lightfoot died last year, they rang the bell at the Mariner's Church for for him along with the EF crew. 30 rings in all.

@arnepianocanada Жыл бұрын

One of your best - in a plethora of 'bests' from you, Mr. Mike. Emotionally charged visuals plus your unbeatable voice, accent and measured clarity of speech. Bravo!💥

@Brian-nw2bn Жыл бұрын

Mike these graphics are a beautiful compliment to your captivating story telling. Story 3 especially had me goin! The lightning looked amazing, hope you can do a part 2 to this video! I’m a simple man, I see a video about rogue waves I click on it! God speed brother !

@stricknine6130 Жыл бұрын

Great video! The last ship Munchen was interesting to me. It was headed to Savannah GA where I'm from and it went down in December of 1978 which is the month and year I was born. My grandfather was a docking pilot then on the Savannah River and would have likely docked it had it made it safely. I'll have to ask him if he remembers it sinking. Thanks for the video.

@stevieray6216 Жыл бұрын

I remember the TV coverage about the mysterious disappearance of the München, the most devastating ship loss in Germany since the Pamir in 1957. Greetings from the city of Munich (no joke)!

@baritonebynight Жыл бұрын

On my last crossing on QM2, I was able to speak with one of the crew who was on board QE2 when the rogue wave hit. She told me the seas had been very rough that night and she was in her cabin in bed but unable to sleep. When the rogue wave hit, she was thrown out of her bed and added "it was one of the only times that I was afraid."

@craigpeter4794 Жыл бұрын

The animations are brilliant! Keep up the great work 👍

@ardiffley-zipkin9539 Жыл бұрын

Mike, another great video with your production, content and narration. Love your channel. Great job, as usual

@mattwilliams3456 Жыл бұрын

Rogue waves are terrifying, but their theorized inverse, rogue holes, are a whole new level of horror.

@Lopezs777 Жыл бұрын

My man, your music selection in this video, alongside with the content, made my thalassophobia tip over 50 degrees. Very well done.

@andreagriffiths3512 Жыл бұрын

Just found your channel and the content is amazing. You have a new subscriber - keep up the good work 💕

@balazsgojdar6332 Жыл бұрын

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@Arkus-Duntov Жыл бұрын

My grandparents were on the QE2 in 1995. They were knocked out of their bed in their cabin. They recounted that the bow was bent once they disembarked.

@ianb9028 Жыл бұрын

One tale that gave me the shudders comes from the 1998 Sydney Hobart yacht race. This was the roughest race on record and 6 people unfortunately lost their lives. The tale came from a helicopter rescue pilot. A yacht crew member had been lost overboard and the rescue chopper was trying to recover the crew. The pilot states he was maintaining a 100 foot hover when he saw a wave coming at him. He put 40 ft of altitude on and stated the altimeter went to 10 ft when the wave passed under. He had a crew member in the water trying to save an unconscious crew member from the yacht. Fortunately he got all to safety.

@shirleynaylor9450 9 ай бұрын

The Human Teabag, a great read. So very brave.

@eveapple4928 7 ай бұрын

Quick thinking and reflexes from the pilot saved the day! Very courageous

@kevinporter6426 Жыл бұрын

I just happened to stumble on this. Very interesting! I'm glued to this. Can't stop watching!

@juevosrantsyoutube Жыл бұрын

I like these types of videos. Great channel! Been binge watching .

@judithlee842 Жыл бұрын

My Father served as a cabin steward on the Queen Mary. He often told me stories of rough crossings and prayed when the waves were like mountains. He always said never underestimate the power of the sea.

@kerrinmarr9204 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing ship the Queen Mary was when she was active. Significantly overloaded with cargo and troops and still managed to right herself and continue on.

@Kaidhicksii Жыл бұрын

Now THIS, *THIS* is a video I've been hoping for. :D Rogue waves. Freak waves (as I prefer 'cause it sounds cooler/scarier). Monster waves. Killer waves. Whatever you want to call them. Beasts aren't they? To me, they are right up there with tornadoes as one of the most awesome, mysterious, and vicious forms of nature's power, and as I've said before in your dedicated Lusitania rogue wave video, they combined with the great superliners make for some of the most exciting stories in human history. Not much else I need to say that you or I haven't already mentioned. One story I have is from the latter years of WW2. I heard it from a group of old navy veterans aboard the destroyer, USS Cassin Young, which I volunteered aboard with them two summers ago. During the US campaign in Japan, typhoons were the biggest threat the fleet had to face besides the Imperial Japanese navy. In one storm, the aircraft carriers - colossal vessels in their own right, coming in almost as long as some of the biggest cruise ships in the world today, and wide enough to fit two transatlantic liners on their runway - were being tossed like toys. You could see green water coming across the deck, as the seas were that huge. Nonetheless, this was nothing compared to what the destroyers - known as tin-cans in the navy, due to their small size and light build - were going through. Those ships were constantly getting buried in the seas. One man aboard a carrier reported seeing a destroyer pitch downward in one of the swells, when suddenly, a huge wall of water reared up overhead. It crashed down right on top of the bridge, completely swallowing the vessel in its length; water poured through the funnels; the ship was gone. Just like that. Man is but the grains of sand by the seashore in comparison to this giant, living, active world which we inhabit. Respect and humility for this fact goes a long way.

@kettle_of_chris Жыл бұрын

Mike - I really enjoy your videos! You're as likeable as you are knowledgeable, and you don't talk too fast and I appreciate that! Thank you for all your hard work! Have a wonderful Holiday!

@dfuher968 Жыл бұрын

U can add the Derbyshire to the list. Tho initially it was claimed, she sank due to crew negligence, years of investigations including finding the wreck on the bottom of the Pacific finally proved, that she had been the victim of a rogue wave that fateful night in 1980.

@enpakeksi765 Жыл бұрын

it's kind of expected that wrecks are in one whole or two pieces, but the Derbyshire is literally a field of debree.

@paul55 Жыл бұрын

Coincidentally, I was just reading about a rogue wave hitting a cruise ship only a couple of days ago. December 7th 2022. Viking Polaris was hit by a rogue wave and sadly an American woman died in the incident and some other people were injured

@peonypink9149 Жыл бұрын

Great video - that was so interesting. Would love more on rogue waves 😁

@johnholliday8879 Жыл бұрын

Love this channel. Keep it coming!

@S.M.R Жыл бұрын

Just recently, the expedition cruise ship, Viking Polaris, encountered one with one death in the Drake Passage. Cabin windows were smashed but the ship came back in Ushuaia safely.

@wotan10950 Жыл бұрын

I worked for a short time at the Bermuda Star Line, whose ships, the Bermuda Star and Canada Star, were the former Argentina and Brasil. I was on the bridge during a stormy run from Hamilton to New York. We never even slowed down! But the newer cruise ships, running parallel with us, were left in the dust since they had to markedly reduce speed, as they were top-heavy.

@orionwesley Жыл бұрын

Something about the München/Munich just creeps me out. Great video, Mike!

@nofx77j3 5 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks so much, keep up the great work

@samuelschick8813 Жыл бұрын

Back in the 1980's I was a 16" gunnersmate on the battleship Missouri. Prior to that I was on an LST that took rolls so bad we had foot prints on the bulkheads. We Left Sydney in 1986 and headed for Hobart. The seas were so rough and the waves so high we had waves that put turret 1 under water.

@MyDogFulton Жыл бұрын

My uncle died on the Ocean Ranger oil rig. Couldn’t even imagine how scary giant waves must be.

@MarksKicksOnRoute66 Жыл бұрын

Your quality is fantastic definitely TV ready for full length documentary.

@hesseltjeb Жыл бұрын

Always love the 3D in your videos

@sabrinacarpenter5431 Жыл бұрын

Was on the Uss Gunston Hall (LSD-44) 2003-2005. Experienced 2 or 3 really bad storms including an emergency deployment for hurricane Isabel in September 2003. These storms had 20ft to 30ft waves each time. I think the worst degree of listings I saw during that time was 35 to 40 degrees. Every time the ship came down off a 20+ft wave it felt like being slammed down onto a hard surface and the ship would shudder, creak and groan!! The North Atlantic Ocean is nasty during the fall and winter!!

@Scott11078 Жыл бұрын

My first ship was the USS Kitty Hawk. I was an engineer and the Number one attack team leader for the ships Flying Squad. It was the year 2000 and we were securing from a fire drill. Myself and my team were sitting on the deck halfway out of our fire gear. Now carriers are HUGE and a modern engineering marvel, they're big enough it's hard to perceive any movement of the ship, like we cut right through hurricanes and you barely feel it. So when you suddenly find yourself and everyone else rapidly sliding along the deck trying to find something, anything to grab onto it's VERY unnerving. Add to that the sounds of various expensive things tumbling over and crashing into things and more alarms you ever remember hearing going off. You could see the look of utter terror on everyone's face as our unshakable damn near unsinkable home is now nearly sideways. And as suddenly as it happened it was over. I don't remember what the clinometer maxed out at, just that 3-4 more degrees and we wouldn't have recovered. In 2000 the US Navy came VERY close to losing a Super carrier to a fucking wave. That's Horrifying.

@exactlywhatisaid Жыл бұрын

holy shit dude!

@tobiasandtheangel4834 Жыл бұрын

So interesting to hear accounts from first hand experience. Much appreciated Rachel

@mikemarshall4765 Жыл бұрын

New to this channel and love it! Great job on presentations, visuals and music, keep up the great work, subbed and forwarded to a few friends whom I think will enjoy your work. Happy 2023.