I was just wondering if you could tell me why they didn’t drop anchor when they lost power. Is that not a possibility on a big boat?
Water probably too deep. And for a good anchorage the rule is a scope of anchor chain 7 x the depth of water.
Anchors can be a ship savers on some limited occasions.
I was on the bow of a tanker leaving locks in the Panama canal when the suction of an adjacent ship sent us toward a collision. We had really cheap and lousy radios but not being asleep up there I assumed the crackle & static was an order to let go the anchor. I let go the correct anchor and brought it back in just right to straighten us out.
Got myself a promotion and a transfer to a new ship.
And I never tell sea stories where I screwed up.