Ever wondered if strong winds could actually sink a cruise ship? The short answer is: it’s possible, but super unlikely. Modern cruise ships are designed to handle crazy weather, with stabilizers to reduce rocking and engines powerful enough to steer through storms. Even hurricane-force winds would usually only make things bumpy, not sink the ship. That said, extreme situations like rogue waves combined with high winds could create problems, but the odds of that happening are incredibly slim. So while it’s a fun question to think about, cruise ships are built to keep you safe—even when Mother Nature throws a tantrum. Credit:
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00:00Welcome to the Spirit of Discovery cruise ship, which will take you on an unforgettable
00:05sea voyage around the Canary Islands, the azure endless ocean, delicious food, the highest
00:11service, premium cabins, and a terrible nightmare that you will probably remember for the rest
00:17of your life.
00:18This is exactly how one luxury trip of the Saga Cruises company ended last year.
00:24Instead of relaxing during the cruise, passengers felt fear and horror, and even had health
00:29problems.
00:30And that's why.
00:32On October 24, the Spirit of Discovery liner started a two-week cruise around the Canary
00:38Islands.
00:39There were about 1,500 people on board, about 1,000 were passengers, and the rest were crew
00:44members.
00:45The first week went great, but then the liner encountered a serious problem called nature.
00:52There were strong winds and big waves.
00:54The captain decided to return to the UK ahead of time, but the decision was made too late.
01:00The ship was caught in a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay.
01:05A powerful wind with a force of 11 points hit the vessel.
01:09To make it easier for you to understand, the 11-point wind is able to tear out trees together
01:15with roots, destroy residential buildings, and plunge entire cities into chaos.
01:21Such a storm is rare, but Spirit of Discovery was unlucky enough to get into its epicenter.
01:2711 points is the penultimate place on the Beaufort scale, which determines the wind
01:33rating.
01:34The most powerful storm has 12 points, and this is a hurricane.
01:38The wind reached a speed of 65 mph, which is about the same as the average speed of
01:44a car on a highway.
01:46Not only did it push the Spirit of Discovery, but it also raised huge waves 25 feet high.
01:52Just imagine a wall of water the height of a three-story building collapsing on a lone
01:57ocean liner.
01:59At that moment, the captain sent a message to all the passengers through the cabin speakers
02:04so that no one left their place.
02:06And his voice sounded worried enough.
02:08All the passengers had to lie down and hold on tight.
02:13According to the witnesses' words, the ship remained caught in the storm for about 15
02:18hours.
02:19They held on with all their might so as not to crash into the walls and floor.
02:24All this time, tables were flying around the ship, dishes were breaking, furniture was
02:29moving all over the cabins.
02:31The waves smashed windows, partitions, and doors.
02:35Some people were knocked down because they couldn't hold on for so long.
02:39The storm hurled the passengers from ceiling to floor, from wall to wall.
02:45The ship's crew turned the dining room into a medical area to provide assistance to those
02:49who had been hurt.
02:51Despite the difficult and terrible conditions, the ship's team did a great job.
02:56They regularly informed passengers about the current situation and tried to calm everyone
03:01down.
03:02There was no panic and chaos on board.
03:05When the storm finally ended, the ship continued its journey and finally reached land, where
03:10medics urgently evacuated 8 passengers to the hospital.
03:14One of them was never able to survive this storm.
03:18It's good the ship didn't meet a rogue wave during the storm.
03:22This is a natural phenomenon that can appear during a storm and even in still water.
03:27It's a giant wave with a height of 60 feet.
03:31Like a six-story house, it collapses onto a ship with incredible speed and capsizes
03:37it.
03:38And then the wave suddenly disappears.
03:40This is no joke.
03:41A similar wave has been recorded in the Gulf Stream off of Charleston, South Carolina.
03:47It's scary to get in its way.
03:50Let's go back to the past to remember one of the most terrible maritime tragedies.
03:55No, we're not talking about the Titanic.
03:58We'll talk about the Greek liner Laconia, which set sail from the English port of South
04:03Hampton on December 19, 1963, with more than 600 people on board.
04:09However, just three days later, a terrible tragedy happened to the ship in the boundless
04:15waters of the Atlantic.
04:17At 11 p.m. in the barbershop hall, an electrical malfunction occurred.
04:22The problem led to a fire, which quickly spread to other rooms.
04:26The crew couldn't cope with it since the fire was spreading too fast.
04:31The ship's team turned on the fire alarm, but there was no command to leave the vessel.
04:36Only two hours later, the captain ordered the passengers to evacuate.
04:40All this time, people were either relaxing in their cabins or enjoying a party in the
04:45ballroom.
04:47The crew was probably trying to put out the fire without causing panic.
04:51However, when the situation became critical, the evacuation began.
04:56People panicked and ran to the lifeboats, but many didn't manage to get inside.
05:01One of them was John Morris.
05:03He survived this catastrophe and shared his memories of how he put his family in a lifeboat
05:08while he stayed on board the ship.
05:11He didn't even have a life jacket.
05:14Since there was nowhere to go, the ship's crew opened a bar so that people could relax
05:19a little.
05:20However, at that moment, boilers began to explode inside the ship, and it became clear
05:26the vessel wouldn't stay afloat for too long.
05:29John Morris decided to jump into the water right in his tuxedo.
05:34As soon as he was overboard, he grabbed onto a piece of wooden deck cargo and swam as far
05:39away from the ship as he could.
05:41The giant liner could sink at any moment, and when such a huge object goes down to the
05:46seabed, it forms a water funnel that pulls along everything around.
05:52Rescuers arrived at the scene sometime later.
05:55Fortunately, John Morris' pregnant wife and young son were alive.
05:59But his mother-in-law, unfortunately, didn't survive the disaster, like many other people
06:04that day.
06:06Of course, after this incident, the Greek Ministry of Merchant Marine initiated a thorough
06:11investigation.
06:13For two years, they collected information from passengers and the captain, studied the
06:18technical characteristics of the ship, and eventually came to certain conclusions.
06:24According to them, the ship's crew gave the evacuation order too late.
06:28Not all passengers were able to get into lifeboats.
06:32But half of those boats remained on board because of the chaos that prevailed during
06:36the evacuation.
06:38Several officers of the liner were accused of negligence, but the captain and his first
06:43mate received the most criticism.
06:46As for John Morris, he stated that he felt himself under protection that day.
06:52Another unusual story happened on a cruise ship relatively recently.
06:56Spoiler alert – the ship didn't sink, there was no evacuation, and the weather was
07:01good.
07:02However, for many passengers, this journey became a real challenge.
07:07Imagine that you've been working for a long time and saving up money to go on your dream
07:11trip on the Celebrity Mercury cruise ship in the Caribbean.
07:16You arrive in South Carolina, from where the ship begins its journey.
07:20You get on board, looking forward to a week's rest.
07:24At first, everything is fine.
07:26People are having fun, chefs are cooking delicious dishes, and beautiful daytime landscapes turn
07:31into night parties.
07:33But then suddenly, many passengers start throwing up.
07:38Someone is in a hurry to go to the toilet, and someone stays and vomits right in the
07:42halls.
07:43The cruise turns into chaos.
07:46More and more people feel terrible because of unknown poisoning.
07:50You also visited the restaurant and eaten seafood.
07:54But fortunately, the disease has avoided you, which can't be said for more than 400 other
08:00passengers.
08:01Almost every one in four people on board face gastrointestinal problems.
08:07There were almost 2,000 people, and a quarter of them are in bad condition.
08:12Crew members do endless cleaning.
08:14They wash the deck, give people nausea pills, and ask them not to leave the cabin till the
08:19illness passes.
08:21The captain sends several samples ashore to determine what caused the poisoning.
08:26Unfortunately, the cruise is already ruined, and all the passengers have unpleasant memories.
08:32So the company organizing the trip issues certificates that can be used on future cruises.
08:38It's not the most pleasant experience, but it's still better than nothing.
08:42Now imagine if, instead of just feeling sick, people got infected with some kind of bacterium
08:49that would turn them into zombies.
08:51It would be much more exciting and scary.
08:54Do you think you could survive on such a ship full of zombies?
08:58And how would you do that?
09:00Tell me about it in the comments!
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