The Origins of Rogue Waves

The Annie Jane was headed to Canada from Liverpool with over 500 would-be Canadian immigrants in 1853 when a wave so heavy came over the ship that the poop deck collapsed, killing 200. In 1883, a monster wave swept over the steamship Glamorgan, taking the ship's captain and seven other crew members into the Atlantic. On its maiden journey from Bremerhaven to New York in 1901, the massive transatlantic ocean liner SS Cropen's Wilhelm was damaged when it struck a wave head-on. Shortly after America entered World War II, the RMS Queen Mary was conscripted to bring G.I.s to Britain and during a terrible storm in December