Case file · Anomaly hotspot
The loss of the MS München
In December 1978 the German barge carrier München vanished in a North Atlantic storm with all 28 crew after a garbled distress call; one lifeboat recovered had its fittings torn off 20 m above the waterline.
1978 CE · 44.00, -24.00 · status: explained
The account
The damage suggested a wave far larger than the storm should have produced. The loss helped change scientific opinion about rogue waves. Position approximate.