Case file · High strangeness
Bremen and Caledonian Star struck by giant waves
In February and March 2001 two cruise ships in the South Atlantic, the Bremen and the Caledonian Star, had bridge windows smashed by waves estimated at 30 m.
2001 CE · -49.00, -46.00 · status: explained
The account
The Bremen drifted without power for two hours. The incidents fed into the European MaxWave project, which used satellite radar to show that rogue waves are more common than once thought. Position approximate.