Oil Tanker CAUGHT IN HURRICANE!

Oil tanker Caught In Horrible Storm! 🌊 😱 Atlantic Ocean

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Many thanks to I Love Sailing!

[ganiaj]

I have nothing but the utmost respect for seamen. Fishermen, Navy, coast guard, etc. hella respect to them all.

[aryaveer]

Nobody can ever convince me to go in the ocean in a storm.

[zoldlen]

As scary as it looks, that ship handled it like a champ. The fact that no waves broke over it is incredible.

[hakeemdj]

Sailors are among the bravest humans in the world. 👍🙏

[Widestone]

That is the highest level of engineering and construction right there.

[johnwilliams]

I was on a ship with the Navy in 1986, and we rode out a storm like this. Our ship was a 300 ft frigate, and it handled the waves superbly. It was a hell of a ride nonetheless.

[nickn.]

“Those aren’t mountains. They’re waves!”

[fresnokidsr]

And that is why I am a land lover. My hat is off to anyone that can deal with mother nature out on the open water like that. Much Respect

[D-Brow]

Kudos to the naval architects who designed this vessel and the operators for keeping her oriented properly relative to the seas

[rohitbhushan]

My dad retired as a marine (chief) engineer. He's served for more than 30 years as a sailor. After seeing this video, I respect him even more.

[topspot]

One thing you'll never be able to capture is just how unbelievably loud it is out there.

[emersonmayeaux]

You can see the ship flex and bend under the stress of those huge waves. I'm sure the crew ain't happy at this point. 😮

[robosock]

My old man told me once when I was a kid, "Doesn't matter how big your boat or ship is, to the ocean, you are just a toothpick."

Edit: wow, that's a lot of likes. Thanks everyone.

[ruthgriffiths]

Many years ago we had a friend who captained oil tankers. By the age of 45 his black hair had turned pure white. He retired a year later and refused to ever get on another boat or ship.

[RalphBrooker-gniv]

As part of my regiments Reconnaissance (Recce) Platoon I sailed to South Georgia in 1982 in a chartered cargo vessel called SS St Helena. It was crewed by men and women from St Helena island. We hit a F11 somewhere near Shag Rock. All our perishables were lost, pulverised in a cargo hold. But the crew were absolutely wonderful. It was terrifying but also wonderful. We were about 30 and the crew served us breakfast in our bunks! Insane. Sailors. Remarkable breed. Engineers too.

[aberamagold]

If I was on that ship, I'd be puking my guts out while crying "I want my mommy."

[marcmelvin]

Worked in the after engine room on a Gearing-class destroyer, built in 1945, went through a storm a little short of this in the North Atlantic, and later a hurricane in mid-Atlantic. The bow was frequently underwater and the whole ship would jerk when a wave hit the forward break, and of course half the crew was dead seasick and the rest of us miserable from the stench of vomit, backed-up heads, and sleeping only a couple hours between watches with storm straps to hold us in our racks. A seam opened a bit on the aft stbd side right above my rack, so every so often a wave would hit just right and send a cascade of cold seawater across all three bunks in our stack. It would have been exciting and terrifying, but I was so numb from lack of sleep that if we'd have sunk, I'd have tried to grab a few minutes of sleep first.

[ShowemRight]

I served in the Navy on pretty large ships over 400 ft long, I remember days like this in the Atlantic. When it comes to the ocean, a ship of any size, and I don’t care if it’s the SEAWISE GIANT, the largest ship ever built with a length of over 1, 500 ft and weighing over 600, 000 tons…any size ship are at the mercy of any ocean it’s
Floats on. You pray during rough seas for the integrity of the ship, the engines and diesel generators stay lit and functioning properly. You pray for calmer seas going forward.

[johncole]

The ship is riding high, probably just ballasted with no significant cargo. It’s also a big sail susceptible to roll over if the engines quit😊

[d.e.b.b]

My dad spent all of WW2 on ships in the Pacific; 30 years later, when he was asked why he didn't want to go on a vacation cruise, he said, 'They don't make ships big enough to go out in the ocean'. Then talked about the terror of being on a destroyer in those storms, tossed around like a styrofoam cup.