Looking at Matts pic up thread she appears to be a RORO that was converted to a flattop to carry containers on deck too at some point
And if u look about a third down the deck from the bow it suggests to me she got stretched at some point .....notice the break in the flow....no question
Articles say she’s 30,000 ton gwt and ABS classed.....in other words a very expensive upkeep plan on her
All American citizen certified or Merchant Marine crewed......again big money
She runs consumer essentials from Jaxville to PR.....pretty quick turnaround...these ships even though older are fast
Which leads me to think they thought they could simply skirt what was then a tropical storm
Instead they bit the worst part of a cat 4 hurricane it appears with 130 mph winds and 30-40 foot rollers
Very steep and high frequency given its a hurricane and I don’t think the water there is super deep is it
Above crooked island....Maybe I’m wrong that might suggest Atlantic north of the mid bahama archipelago and that would be MSD depth
The eye was right over San Salvador at that point.....scary
But no debris yet....
It’ll be a miracle for them guys
My guess is
A...they run tight jones act schedule
B....they were loaded at port which is arguably worse than being at sea if home port took a direct hit
C...these ships move along well and nice how they can take weather but they are a might top heavy compared to break bulk or tankers or ore and grain so they catch surface wind
They are likely surfing big ass rollers and catching air under maybe a not terribly reduced rpm propeller....single screw....
Prop wigs out and now they are going only where wind and wave take them....likely to beam and then rolled over
No drogue made for these guys I’m aware of?
It’s about as bad a case scenario. Imaginable
Would cables hold all those containers?
I don’t know
If anyone has a last known long lat would be helpful
I’ve got an old lloyds registry book and she’ll be in there but I can’t find it
Her deadweight was prolly around 15,000? If gross was 30,000
Biggest ship I owned was half her size....three hold four macgregor break bulk
Same size crew
German built she had two lanes bowling....great accomodations
I’m afraid this ship is lost
The ocean doesn’t love you, it doesn’t care, it doesn’t feel, it just is.
The ocean is always waiting for your mistake to line up with bad weather, and then it will kill you dead, sure as shit.
(Still way better than dying in an old folks home or in ICU, stuck with needles and tubes.?