Unreal video shows rough seas snapping freighter's hull in half like a toy boat, half the crew now gone

wnd.com ^ | 3/1/2021 | Garion Frankel

[rktman]

Any of those on here that have been in rough seas know that moment of "Are we gonna make it through this?" feeling. Going to sea in ships is no joke. From mine sweepers to carriers, it's nothing to be taken lightly. The sea is unforgiving.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The seas in that video don’t look especially rough.

[ClearCase_guy]

Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?

[EEGator]

More claims.

[EEGator]

[null and void]

Video here

[z3n]

The seas in that video don’t look especially rough.

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You could almost predict when it was going to happen. A swell just passed and was still present on the stern and another swell hit the bow leaving a trough right in the middle of the hull.

[blueunicorn6]

Isn’t this what they think happened to the Edmund Fitzgerald?

The front and rear of the ship are up on waves and the middle is not supported so it breaks.

You would think it would take bigger waves.

[Cheesehead in Texas]

46 year old freighter. Way past its service life.

[Bogey78O]

A 46 year old hull facing constant and repeated flexing when it hits a well timed wave that causes the two outermost points of the ship to ride high and the middle to be unsupported.

It’s not something I would expect but it’s amazing what slow moving strong forces can do to metal.

[rktman]

Yeah, I’ve been in a lot worse. But, a 46 year old poorly maintained Turkish boat............... Prayers up for the crew regardless.

[monkeyshine]

I’m no oceanographer, but I thought seas like the Black Sea and the Mediterranean generally avoided the types of extremes that are seen in the Atlantic and Pacific because they are mostly land-locked. The Black Sea connects to the Med through a small inlet, and the Med is fed by the small strait at Gibraltar.

[blueunicorn6]

I didn’t know Nancy Pelosi played the guitar.

[rktman]

IIRC, with the Edmund Fitzgerald the speculation was they lost a hatch cover and water filled the compartments below. But, we may never know for sure.

[rktman]

Nope. The Med can get real nasty real quick.

[dfwgator]

“Fellas it’s been good to know ya!”

[EEGator]

Hot, right?...

[pepsi_junkie]

The ship was 46 years old. Steel wears out from the constant pounding it takes, not to mention the inherently corrosive environment it lives in. There comes a time when a ship’s hull is just too thin to take the abuse of even moderate seas. In this case when the failure came it was catastrophic. Sad.

[CodeToad]

That was simply a weak ship. The seas were not that rough. A sturdy ship wouldn’t have cracked in half like that.

[HamiltonJay]

Agreed... makes me wonder if this ship had some underlying structural problem.. deferred maintenance... etc.

Not trying to diminish the strength of the sea, but seen far rougher on the Great Lakes