According to my reading those ships with lengths nearing and over 300 feet had a lot of problems with the hull planks working and leaking resulting in the need for constant pumping. A lot more than the usual large wooden ship experienced. A couple simply broke apart in heavy weather.
Ships of steel are lost today, even stuff in the same ballpark of size as the Wyoming was -- but hey, steel vessels can't hold a candle to a six-masted schooner's bravura good looks. :^)
[snip] Following the Killard wave, a research project, led by Prof Frédéric Dias of UCD, took place in early 2015 to measure extreme waves off the west coast of Ireland. A large database was assembled and several extreme waves were detected. Analysis of this data suggests that the standard explanation of rogue waves in terms of what is called modulational instability is probably invalid. [/snip]
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