[artichokegrower]

My son is in the maritime industry and worked on the sister ship Greatland for Tote. Having been on that ship this images are kind of disturbing.

[artichokegrower]

Link to video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3h8HbloK0o

[PilotDave]

It sank near the Bahamas, not Bermuda.

[SunkenCiv]

60 Minutes had a report about it tonight. I didn’t watch, just listened from an adjacent room, rather than change it over to another FB game.

The captain had radioed that the engine had quit and they hadn’t been able to get it restarted. The voyage recorder hasn’t been found, but the NTSB guy guessed that the prop was out of the water, which meant the engine would shut down (safety feature). However, the captain also reported that one of the cargo hatches had popped open, and the ship was listing 15 degrees, which could have tipped the prop even more out of the water.

[terycarl]

I have no sympathy whatsoever...I can recall that ship being warned not to venture into that storm and they did so anyway...I couldn’t believe that and I’m not in the business....it seemed like nothing but a grab for money...get the ship through and get a bunch of dollars.

[Rebelbase]

Sad.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Mpatl]

Where those IPads? Talk about savvy marketing...

[Nuc 1.1]

Freak wave. Very large and powerful.

[Bull Snipe]

Eternal Father, Strong to save
who’s arm hath bound the restless wave.
Who bidd’st the might ocean deep
it’s own appointed limits keep.
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee,
or those in peril on the Sea.
The Navy Hymn.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Is it common for larger ships of this tonnage to sail into hurricanes?