Here is a great page, pertaining to the infamous collision between liner and rogue wave in April 1966.
http://www.michelangelo-raffaello.com/english_site/service_michelangelo/accident_michelangelo/accident_mich.htm
The passengers who were killed were 'storm watching' in their forward-facing stateroom when the wave struck it. Anecdotally, they had refused to be evacuated but I've never seen a first person account of that, and have reservations about the story.
http://www.michelangelo-raffaello.com/english_site/service_michelangelo/accident_michelangelo/accident_mich.htm
The passengers who were killed were 'storm watching' in their forward-facing stateroom when the wave struck it. Anecdotally, they had refused to be evacuated but I've never seen a first person account of that, and have reservations about the story.