Did a Rogue Wave Sink the MS München?
On December 12th, 1978, the German cargo ship MS München disappeared while sailing through a storm on the North Atlantic. A series of radio messages and a small handful of clues suggest that the modern cargo ship probably sank after colliding with a massive rogue wave.
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Sources:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/roguewaves.html
https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/remembering-muenchen-and-winter-in-the-north-atlantic-40-years-ago
https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/1978-Container-Schiff-Muenchen-sinkt-im-Atlantik,muenchen420.html
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-grand-unified-theory-of-rogue-waves-20200205/
https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/company/about-us/newsletter/2018/11/the-last-journey-of-the--muenchen-.html
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16280
http://olafkanter.de/pdf/geschichte/ok_sosnordatlantik.pdf
https://www.mare.de/sos-im-nordatlantik-content-2543
https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/freakwavetrans.shtml
http://www.seefunknetz.de/deat.htm
The Wave by Susan Casey
All music sourced from Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/hdulva
Chapters:
00:00 A Fragmented SOS
2:07 Building the MS München
4:29 Monster of the Month
9:06 Rogue Waves
12:23 Search and Rescue Attempts
17:08 What Happened to the MS München
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Sources:
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/roguewaves.html
https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/remembering-muenchen-and-winter-in-the-north-atlantic-40-years-ago
https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/1978-Container-Schiff-Muenchen-sinkt-im-Atlantik,muenchen420.html
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-grand-unified-theory-of-rogue-waves-20200205/
https://www.hapag-lloyd.com/en/company/about-us/newsletter/2018/11/the-last-journey-of-the--muenchen-.html
https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?16280
http://olafkanter.de/pdf/geschichte/ok_sosnordatlantik.pdf
https://www.mare.de/sos-im-nordatlantik-content-2543
https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2002/freakwavetrans.shtml
http://www.seefunknetz.de/deat.htm
The Wave by Susan Casey
All music sourced from Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/hdulva
Chapters:
00:00 A Fragmented SOS
2:07 Building the MS München
4:29 Monster of the Month
9:06 Rogue Waves
12:23 Search and Rescue Attempts
17:08 What Happened to the MS München
Disclaimer: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you. Thank you for supporting my channel so I can continue providing free high-quality historical content.
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