The ship that almost turned into a submarine

[Doc Vernon]

Found this while trawling!
Some rough ride I reckon! Watch the Video
Cheers

New Zealand Navy ship hit by enormous wave in Antarctica | Daily Mail Online

[Keith at Tregenna]

Thanks Doc,
missed that at the time.
Interesting.

Regards,
Keith.

[j.sabourn]

#1... Am sure most of us have been in exactly the same or similar weather conditionns , sometimes for lengthy periods of time. When you get. Discussions on bad weather it’s like telling fishing stories and the one that got away. One bad year in the North Sea a rig we were standing by on station at reported waves of 100 feet going through his legs. The rigs that is and not his. This would of been I presumed a combined sea and swell height together combined. Don’t know what he would of reported it as if he had swapped places with us on a 120 foot trawler. Most confused seas reported as such was due to the wave height and sea height running in different directions. Quite a few coming from deep sea onto smaller vessels had to give it away if they got a bad initiation in winter time , due to violent sickness. If they weren’t prepared to work with a bucket round the neck if necessary, it was adieu to certain offshore shipping. JWS

[Doc Vernon]

Would say yes that many here have been through Rough Seas,and just as an after I always loved it when nice and rough,gave me the feeling of really experiencing the Seas at their best (or worst if you may say LOL)

Recall on occasions being in Rough Seas in the North Atlantic ,and although the Ships then were not as large as these days some of the Monster waves we went through,like in that Video came right over the Bridge,causing the old UCL Ships to really shudder,one trip smashed the very large Mirror that was in the Dining Room causing quite some Panic amongst the Bloods!
Seems at times like those that it was sort of a slow motion feeling and there were times that one thought the Ship would never come up out of one of those Doozers~
Yes we did have some good rides LOL
Cheers


So unlike the other end where we can get Seas that are as calm and mirrorlike in the same Ocean. Called the Doldrums if I am correct,and seen that a few times where the Ships Captain brought the Ship to a standstill so that all on board could witness the great site! It was truly amazing with not a ripple on the Ocean and as said like a plate of sheer Mirror
Cheers

[j.sabourn]

Think it was in a post a long time ago but can’t really remember the formula, maybe someone else can remember, could get a rough approximation of the ships GM ( positive stability) by counting the full period of the roll of the ship from upright to port and starboard and back to upright in seconds and then dividing by some number with ref. To the ship. If she didn’t come upright again of course you were up the creek without a paddle. JWS

[happy daze john in oz]

Reminds me of our voyage across the Greta Australian Bight back in 64 on the NZSC Paparoa,

For four days we were all locked down, no one allowed on deck, not that hey wanted to be.


Cold food only as we could not keep pots on the stove, it was rough and two of the hatches lost their top canvas.

Was a right mess when we got into Freeo………………...eventually.