Abnormally large waves.

[Menelaus]

yeah
and it was "Blueprint for Disaster" not "seconds from..."

Yup. 44 dead. Largest UK ship ever sunk.

EDIT: sister ship sunk in Bantry Bay in Oireland
http://www.divesitedirectory.co.uk/d...on_bridge.html

[RichardCranium]

Rereading the article, the ship was off the Northeast of Spain.

Isn't that part of the ocean called "France"?

[Babbage]

In the north sea during the early 80's we had 1" of waves at times during the summer and the waves would break over railings at about 65 foot above mean sea level during the winter...

[EternalOptimist]

Isn't that part of the ocean called "France"?

It was in the med, but reported as NE of Spain.

I think they meant NE of Barcelona, in the med.

bad reporting, because , as RC says, NE of Spain is in France, or the Bay of Biscay at least