A Norwegian cruise ship has been left with out energy within the North Sea after a rogue wave and hurricane-force winds shattered home windows on its bridge, Danish authorities have mentioned.
The MS Maud’s 266 passengers and 131 crew have been secure, a spokesperson for the Danish Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (DJRC) instructed Reuters.
They added that two towage vessels from a civil rescue agency have been serving to to maintain it steady.
“They just need to calmly get through the storm, and they do this by sailing upwind,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The vessel left Floroe in Norway on Thursday and was because of arrive in Tilbury within the UK on Friday.
It was crusing round 120 miles (200km) off Denmark’s west coast and 205 miles (330km) off the east coast of the UK when water entered the vessel’s bridge, leading to an influence outage.
Its most important engine was nonetheless functioning, permitting the ship to be steered manually from the engine room.
Data from the transport visitors web site Vesselfinder.com confirmed on Friday that MS Maud had barely moved since Thursday evening.
The ship belongs to cruise firm HX, which mentioned on Thursday that it had suffered “a temporary loss of power” and the crew and passengers have been secure.
It was not clear the place the vessel would go subsequent.
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Last month round 100 passengers have been injured on a cruise ship when it bought caught in a storm within the Bay of Biscay.
The Spirit of Discovery was nearing the top of a 14-night spherical journey to the Canary Islands when it was hit by extreme climate, together with waves mentioned to have been a minimum of 9m excessive.
Source: information.sky.com”