Comment on Freak waves spotted from space (2004)Comments−beerglass14yOn an average two large ships sink every week? Really? That's way too high than what I had expected. Can anyone cite a source for this info?−andrem14yIt's hard to get to the data but have a look at the latest vessel casualties in the right hand column:http://www.lloydslistintelligence.com/Also, the project site leeds to http://coast.gkss.de/projects/maxwave/workp/wp4/wp4.html where you can find a map of ship casualties for a 4 year period http://coast.gkss.de/projects/maxwave/workp/wp4/casualties.j...I am surprised myself, but 2 a week actually seems low!−waterlesscloud14yThanks for the links. Googling some of the ships listed as casualties led me to this page http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/News/Home.htmlSo it looks like the ships are not necessarily lost, and some of them aren't all that big...−andrem14yYeah true - I think gravitystorm's comment is quite accurate when it comes down to big vessels.I did a bit more googling and found this site:http://www.cargolaw.com/presentations_cas.index.htmlEven though it looks this site is hosted on geocities, there are links to current vessel casualties with details to damage, human casualties, etc.−gravitystorm14yNo - but it seems like that figure is wrong on two counts - greater than the actual number of ships of that size lost in that timeframe (142), and those ships weren't sunk by rogue waves.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave#Loss_estimates
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On an average two large ships sink every week? Really? That's way too high than what I had expected. Can anyone cite a source for this info?
It's hard to get to the data but have a look at the latest vessel casualties in the right hand column:
http://www.lloydslistintelligence.com/
Also, the project site leeds to http://coast.gkss.de/projects/maxwave/workp/wp4/wp4.html where you can find a map of ship casualties for a 4 year period http://coast.gkss.de/projects/maxwave/workp/wp4/casualties.j...
I am surprised myself, but 2 a week actually seems low!
Thanks for the links. Googling some of the ships listed as casualties led me to this page http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/News/Home.html
So it looks like the ships are not necessarily lost, and some of them aren't all that big...
Yeah true - I think gravitystorm's comment is quite accurate when it comes down to big vessels.
I did a bit more googling and found this site:
http://www.cargolaw.com/presentations_cas.index.html
Even though it looks this site is hosted on geocities, there are links to current vessel casualties with details to damage, human casualties, etc.
No - but it seems like that figure is wrong on two counts - greater than the actual number of ships of that size lost in that timeframe (142), and those ships weren't sunk by rogue waves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave#Loss_estimates