[okie01]

"Believable?"

I was brought up short by that "over 200 in two decades" figure, too.

Roughly one supertanker or container ship gone missing, without a trace, every month.

I'd be more likely to blame piracy than "monster waves".

Wonder if any of these sinkings have ever been caught by surveillance satellites....

[John H K]

Yeah, I think the author of the article probably screwed up some research there...there is NO WAY 200 large tankers and containerships have been lost that way in the past 20 years. 20, possibly. Marine insurance would be so high as to be prohibitive. Has to be 200 vessels total or something.

Another odd thing is that I've read quite a lot about large waves and I've NEVER heard them termed "Monster Waves"....they are universally called ROGUE waves.

[Pistias]

I'd be more likely to blame piracy than "monster waves".

Arr, ye scurvy cur! I had nothin' t' do with that! I was diggin' up me trreasurre!!