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I have nothing but the utmost respect for seamen. Fishermen, Navy, coast guard, etc. hella respect to them all.

Nobody can ever convince me to go in the ocean in a storm.

As scary as it looks, that ship handled it like a champ. The fact that no waves broke over it is incredible.

Sailors are among the bravest humans in the world. 👍🙏

That is the highest level of engineering and construction right there.

I was on a ship with the Navy in 1986, and we rode out a storm like this. Our ship was a 300 ft frigate, and it handled the waves superbly. It was a hell of a ride nonetheless.

“Those aren’t mountains. They’re waves!”

And that is why I am a land lover. My hat is off to anyone that can deal with mother nature out on the open water like that. Much Respect

Kudos to the naval architects who designed this vessel and the operators for keeping her oriented properly relative to the seas

My dad retired as a marine (chief) engineer. He's served for more than 30 years as a sailor. After seeing this video, I respect him even more.

One thing you'll never be able to capture is just how unbelievably loud it is out there.

You can see the ship flex and bend under the stress of those huge waves. I'm sure the crew ain't happy at this point. 😮

My old man told me once when I was a kid, "Doesn't matter how big your boat or ship is, to the ocean, you are just a toothpick." Edit: wow, that's a lot of likes. Thanks everyone.

Worked in the after engine room on a Gearing-class destroyer, built in 1945, went through a storm a little short of this in the North Atlantic, and later a hurricane in mid-Atlantic. The bow was frequently underwater and the whole ship would jerk when a wave hit the forward break, and of course half the crew was dead seasick and the rest of us miserable from the stench of vomit, backed-up heads, and sleeping only a couple hours between watches with storm straps to hold us in our racks. A seam opened a bit on the aft stbd side right above my rack, so every so often a wave would hit just right and send a cascade of cold seawater across all three bunks in our stack. It would have been exciting and terrifying, but I was so numb from lack of sleep that if we'd have sunk, I'd have tried to grab a few minutes of sleep first.

that dude must be shitting bricks💀💀💀

As part of my regiments Reconnaissance (Recce) Platoon I sailed to South Georgia in 1982 in a chartered cargo vessel called SS St Helena. It was crewed by men and women from St Helena island. We hit a F11 somewhere near Shag Rock. All our perishables were lost, pulverised in a cargo hold. But the crew were absolutely wonderful. It was terrifying but also wonderful. We were about 30 and the crew served us breakfast in our bunks! Insane. Sailors. Remarkable breed. Engineers too.

My dad spent all of WW2 on ships in the Pacific; 30 years later, when he was asked why he didn't want to go on a vacation cruise, he said, 'They don't make ships big enough to go out in the ocean'. Then talked about the terror of being on a destroyer in those storms, tossed around like a styrofoam cup.

Many years ago we had a friend who captained oil tankers. By the age of 45 his black hair had turned pure white. He retired a year later and refused to ever get on another boat or ship.

Mad respect for those brave sailors who always confront this rough condition at sea.

The ship is riding high, probably just ballasted with no significant cargo. It’s also a big sail susceptible to roll over if the engines quit😊

Admiration for whoever was holding that camera steady for that shot.

If I was on that ship, I'd be puking my guts out while crying "I want my mommy."

Shoutout to anyone in the Navy or military where you were at sea 🌊 yall some brave folks

I served in the Navy on pretty large ships over 400 ft long, I remember days like this in the Atlantic. When it comes to the ocean, a ship of any size, and I don’t care if it’s the SEAWISE GIANT, the largest ship ever built with a length of over 1,500 ft and weighing over 600,000 tons…any size ship are at the mercy of any ocean it’s Floats on. You pray during rough seas for the integrity of the ship, the engines and diesel generators stay lit and functioning properly. You pray for calmer seas going forward.

props the welders

Looks like that large ship fared pretty well considering it’s in a hurricane

Took this ride on the USS Guadalcanal transiting the Red Sea during the Iranian hostage rescue in 1980. Looking out the side hatch from the enlisted barracks deck at night with lights off for security was eerie.

Impressive how she handled the swells. Rode a tin can for 8 years in the Navy and those were a roller coaster during storms

When I was 16 years old ,I was a deck boy on a refined cargo tanker, our Job was to ferry mixed fuels to the small ports of any country we were under charter to. Only 16.500 tons. We often had to ride out big storms off the coast ,so we could enter a port, the worst one was of Newfoundland, three days just slow ahead in big circles, winds of over 120 miles per hour , most of the time all the decks were awash, the only way to get forward was to use the catwalk to get to the bridge. I had the 12till 4 watch . that was a safety line job just to get there , sum times you could not get your relief, so 8 hours at the wheel , auto pilot off, that was how the old man wanted you to feel the old girl , she would talk to you through the rudder , and he would give you a toilet break , and all the coffee and sandwiches you needed ,I had a great respect for him he was the coma door skipper of the shipping line, he was 80 years old he started in sail and he’d tell me of the days rounding horn, and the cape, the Roaring forties, being becalmed, the Sargasso Sea , the Gulf Stream , hand harpooning the sperm whales , he all ways spoke of wooded ships , and men of steel. And he had his old lady on board at that time, and she had good sea legs , she all way’s traveled with him , a really wonderful woman, we all called her mum with a nod of respect , exciting times at the time. .just to do it all over again what a dream to come true.

Life at sea is for the brave.

I served aboard a nuclear attack submarine and from experience know that if you submerge about one hundred, or so feet, you don't even feel any surface turbulence. My hat's off to those who have served on surface ships.

Much respect to seamen🙏

My dad was a merchant marine on a ship that got caught in a hurricane and broke in half. He spent three days floating in waves like that until he was rescued. Every time he told that story you could feel his horrors.

I have to imagine that after the first time you go through something like this you come out a different person. A lot of us have had close calls that are over in a flash without much time to think…but this, you’re just in it for however long it lasts

I am glad nobody was hurt. I had a horrible feeling we were going to see the ships spine break. Quite relieved that it was just a matter of strap in and try and stay hydrated.

My late Pops was Navy. They don't make his kind anymore! RESPECT

I have 2 adopted sons, 2 friends one calls me grandpa, work on bulk cargo ships. I have a nephew that just started on a small container ship sails more around Asia. I worry about them everyday. I track their ships on Marine Traffic and I am VERY happy when I see they are at anchorage or at port! One son is a First Officer and I've seen him several times setting anchor at a safe harbor when a typhoon was close. I HOPE all seafarers will be safe always! The world runs by the cargo/tanker ship crews!!

That's a Code Brown right there! Awesome video. Glad everyone was ok.

What’s even crazier is the scale. That ship is MASSIVE and it’s out there getting tossed around like a toy boat with those waves.. hats off

Never NOT gonna have “Hoist the Colours” playin in me head during these typa vids argh 😤

Yes, it does make a difference on how large or small your ship is. There’s a reason aircraft carriers tank through heavy storms while it’s supporting vessels struggle to keep up with it

I was on a aircraft carrier back in the mid 70's. I experienced 2 hurricanes on the Atlantic. The flight deck was 90 feet from the water level. They took half the aircraft to the hanger deck. The remaining they tied down on the flight deck. I was on a 4 hour watch duty on the flight deck during one of those hurricanes. The waves would hit the bow so hard, it would throw ocean spray up to the flight deck. I was on the USS Independence.

The clip of this ship rolling side to side is one of my favorite shots in the Nord Sea shorts. This is pretty amazing.

Omaigat, can't imagine if Godzilla suddenly poped up under the Ocean

As a chief 👨‍🍳 in the Merchant Navy life in the galley when the 🌊 is rough is very dangerous. Endless days of rocking and Rolling wears everyone out with sleepless nights and uncomfortable days. 44 years and still ❤ my life at 🌊😜👨‍🍳👨‍🍳

I love water, but seeing how vulnerable the ship is really makes me appreciate the guys that are on them.

The captain walks past and everyone is just sitting in on whatever is the main room or the biggest room

Man: I have conquered nature! Sea: Wanna bet?

My man made this whole video just so he could say seamen

A little ship would’ve already sank

who needs a roller coaster ride when you have this lol

That storm jerk the seamen off guard 😂

All respect to these men...we don't realise what they face to get our goods to us.

That’s quality engineering. Can you imagine the stresses the steel hill is under? Having a good portion of the boat holding the weight at the stern whilst the boat crests a wave and the bow has much less weight bearing? Amazing. Handles it like no big deal

All I can think is Kyle Dunnigan's At Home with Sly Stallone segment: Cobra Talk

"Kid with intuition says I think this ship is sinkable ." - Jon Mess

those metal bending noises would freak me out 😵

Honestly, how that thing did not snap in half boggles my mind. The engineers that involved in making this vessel have my upmost respect.

like, I'd still rather be on a big boat like that than a tiny 4 man trawler but I would still be changing my pants as soon as possible

After that I'dd get the ships hull structurally checked.

Dammnnn... That shit is so scary. Hats off to these workers and Engineers ❤❤

You are not allowed to say woozy,everyone here shait their pants

I can't even swim and they have to go through this. Good luck💀☠️

US Navy here, Frigates and Destroyers. The biggest roll we ever took was 55 1/2 degree roll. I loved my time at sea.

The ocean is probably the scariest thing on this planet

When the waves start to built up like mountains you know you‘re fucked

Well, When you see all these hundreds of thousands of tons are moving like this you know that this situation is extreme

The theory on why the Edmund Fitzgearld broke in half is...the ship was so big/long, that the front and back went to the top of two big storm waves, leaving the center suspended in air, and the cargo weight, caused the middle of the ship to crack in half, like an egg!!!

No matter how big your boat is, the ocean will always be bigger and she's more than happy to remind you of that.

Davy Jones: "To the depths with you!" Oil tanker: "Not today!"

You just know that if any of the crewmen had been foolish enough to go to the top deck and then fallen in, they definitely would have been left for dead.

I get scared just watching these clips. Those guys working on that have got big balls, there's no way i could do that job. Kudos to all of them.

I’m feeling a little woozy man! 😂

“…the strongest seamen…” 😂😂

The longer it is, the easier you'd think it would snap in half. This is awesome footage!

YOU CAN HEAR THE DAMN METAL CREAKING 😭

Had something like this on a tanker in the Adriatic, probably in '72. I was on engine room watch at the time. There was a lot of horrible noises from the turbo-chargers as the prop lifted above sea level. Very difficult to keep standing in those conditions.

That's one hell of a roller coaster.

This is literally a reoccuring nightmare of mine

Wow just look at those waters...the vastness and ferocity of the ocean is awe and fear inspiring

It’s no wonder so many of those old sailing ships and Spanish galleons went down in such storms.

I love how you got straight to the point and didn't make it overly dramatic or anything, and spent half the time just letting us hear the raw video. Too many people overdo everything.

My dad was in the navy and he said during a storm you gotta find something to hold on to or else you’d get thrown into the ceiling

I’ve sailed the oceans and they can be beautiful, calm, even mirror like. These moments are shattered by monster waves over 60 feet, winds gusting over 75 mph, waves can lift an entire ship upwards on one wave and dump you in a trough trying to get steerage when another wave hits your ship. This is the life of sailors in the realm of King Neptune and it constantly changes.

Holy.... just shows you, when it comes to Mother Nature and the Ocean in particular, we are nothing. That swell is throwing that massive ship around like a rubby ducky!! Not enough money (or spew bags) in the world to get me on that ship.

No amount of money would ever get me to go out into the ocean like this.

My anxiety every time it tips: 📈📈📈📈

I was on a cruise ship, 80K tons rounding Cape Horn when the wind gusted at 84 mph. All was safe, but nevertheless it was an exciting ride. Afterward as the ship cruised up the calm coast of Chile there was a Q & A session with the captain. When someone complained about the turbulence the captain laughed and said, “You paid good money for excitement on the World’s roughest ocean, and you got it.”

My grandfather was a fisherman he hated the ocean, sure am glad I listened to him

Us going into the ocean with shit is like building boating out of lego and letting it float across a pool while people are making it wavy

"As you might expect, nobody was injured." .... nobody being injured is about the last thing I expected. :D

The Ocean doesn’t care , how big you “think” you are and will instill the lesson upon you .

An old harbormaster told me an old saying: "The ocean can sink anything."It's completely true. Even an aircraft carrier can be sunk if it is in the wrong area at the wrong time. There is an area in the North Atlantic where 115' waves have been recorded. It is a shallow area near the edge of the Continental Shelf - near Sable Island. Huge troughs can go to the ocean bottom. Nothing can survive that.

Apart from the crew, we must also appreciate the sheer quality and workmanship that’s gone into making this ship. It held its ground against those rough seas!

My stress level throughout the video:📈📈📈📈📈📈

Captain has something amazing to add to his resume.

Dec 1987 I was on a 600ft ship in a storm. We rolled 27 degrees

God bless and aid all you brave seamen xo

Thats mother natures way of saying: "naughty, naughty humans"