[Calvin Locke]

I thought the QE2 a few years back, got hit bow-on by a 90-100 ft wave, based on the fact that it went over the bridge.

It was the middle of the night and nobody was on deck.

That wave was said to have originated in a storm/hurricane some hundreds of miles to the South.

[x1stcav]

I thoght it was more like trough to crest. This is much more meaningful.

Look, if anyone sensed the full fury of the ocean, it was the USN in October of '44.

Lot's of rough sailing (icluding one DD that supposedly went 'Turtle') but relatively little loss of life. There was one Essex class carrier that had its bow stoved in by an 80'+ swell, but who's counting.