Michelangelo and Rogue Wave 1966

[Jim Kalafus]

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.

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Those are some nice photos on that page. Frightening too, and it makes you wonder just how many lesser vessels have gone down on the books as "Bermuda Triangle Mysteries" because of rogue waves.