The Rogue Wave that QE2 survived! #shorts
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the ship dipped down into the trough before the wave crashed over the bow with a water level reaching over the bridge Windows and took the forward whistle M away with it
remarkably the majority of passengers slept through the entire event only finding out about their lucky escape the next day
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YouTube Video Description↓
It’s the middle of the night. You’re standing on the Bridge of a ship when suddenly you spot what looks like the white cliffs of dover coming towards you. This was the experience of those on QE2’s Bridge in 1995 when the ship was hit by a massive rogue wave, estimated to be 95ft or around 29m tall! — 🚢 My Cunard History Website: https://www.chriscunard.com/ 📚 Buy my books: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/books 👕 Buy cruise merch: https://chrisframeofficial.Teemill.com/ 🛳️ Learn more about cruising at my Blog: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/ — Image Support from full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9yxur-71mM Rob Henderson and Doug Cremer from the Henderson & Cremer Collection for the imagery used in this video. Mike Brady @OceanlinerDesigns for supporting us with the animations of Queen Mary and Lusitania. Bill Miller for the image support for Michelangelo. Other imagery acknowledged / licensed as follows: White Cliffs of Dover: Bernd Feurich License: https://tinyurl.com/24df9jdx Ocean Waves: RostislavUzunov License: https://tinyurl.com/45rnjxjy Waves: Aleks Dahlberg License: https://tinyurl.com/bdfnzsst Waves: Tim Marshall License: https://unsplash.com/photos/uanoYn1AmPs Viking Polaris: Nolabob CC BY SA 4.0 License: https://tinyurl.com/4v8mv6c4 Rogue Wave, Picture taken in the Bay of Biscay, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Public Domain) License: https://tinyurl.com/44v947u4 Bremen Life Ring: Liebgard. CC BY SA 3.0 License: https://tinyurl.com/38j4snvz NOAA Ship in Storm: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Public Domain): License: https://tinyurl.com/ywnv8fhz Water over deck and hatches, Buonasera CC BY SA 3.0 License: https://tinyurl.com/ro3ewjkfdwkmafn 1915 ships in rough seas. Eerste Wereldoorlog. The Commons Usage License: https://tinyurl.com/sjhshadfja9flicrk Sailing ship in harsh conditions. Image published in Finnish periodical Kyläkirjaston Kuvalehti on 15th December 1881. Public Domain License: https://tinyurl.com/finnish82171 Overseas Chicago: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Public Domain) License: https://tinyurl.com/noaa39298 Rogue Wave Sign: Articseahorse CC BY SA 3.0 License: https://tinyurl.com/1995sign Tsunami Animation: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Public Domain). License: https://tinyurl.com/gif0101 Tsunami Animation: Régis Lachaume CC BY SA 3.0 License: https://tinyurl.com/5n6wv6j3 Tsunami, Train was carried away 200m from Onagawa Station. ChiefHira, CC BY SA 3.0 https://tinyurl.com/ju3fa244 Kronprinz Wilhelm: Library of Congress / Public Domain License: https://tinyurl.com/mvu4jy2a Michelangelo and Raffaello Docked, Public Domain (Italy) license: https://tinyurl.com/299euxer Caledonian Star. Stan Shebs CC BY SA 3.0 License: https://tinyurl.com/shebs921873 Norwegian Dawn. Daniel Schwen CC BY SA 4.0 License: https://tinyurl.com/nstai923 Prinsendam. The Carslile Kid. CC BY SA 2.0 License: https://tinyurl.com/4t9vtfdp Multiple clips of Ocean Waves, Videzy. License details: https://tinyurl.com/4p6ebu5j and https://tinyurl.com/3pyursrm Large wave on DELAWARE II. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. Public Domain: https://tinyurl.com/qwefdasgfvdsc Imperator Alexander. State Library of Victoria. Public Domain: https://tinyurl.com/au82882 NOAA Ship in a storm. National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration. Public Domain: https://tinyurl.com/bdknkkup Timelapse of the Milky Way video by faycol bogonko: https://www.pexels.com/video/time-lapse-video-of-milky-way-1926295/ Tsunami: Ilona Froehlich, Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/-6z8PHCcvrg Thumbnail waves: Silas Biasch, License: https://unsplash.com/photos/ceITO2rlDgc -- Cunard Queens at War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFQh4Eo0uB8 -- Tags: #QE2 #Roguewave #waves #hugewaves #queenmary #roughseas #cruiseship #oceanliner #disaster