The then-wife and I were passengers on a small ferry, maybe space for a dozen cars or so. However, a dump truck carrying crushed stone and towing a trailer full of logs took up the centerline, with maybe a handful of cars, if that.
As we were headed out of the harbor, the rougher-than-average waves were just barely coming over the open bow deck.
I wasn't too thrilled, but it the wave water only added to the light rain hitting the deck.
Yes. The MS Estonia in 1994. Over 800 died from the ice cold waters.
its bow doors ripped open by waves, and it sank?
I remember a larger ferry with huge biw doors sinking because the doors weren’t secured properly... Stupidity..much larger, maybe 80 cars and trucks...once the cargo shifted...blup...blup...blup
“Wasn’t there an autoferry on the Baltic that had its bow doors ripped open by waves, and it sank? “
Correct but the reason for the sinking was the doors had not been properly secured and thus the waves opened them. It was 100% human error. The vessel should not have sunk except for this human error.