Queen Mary 2 encounters heavy seas, stormy weather and Hurricane Force 12 winds during a transatlantic crossing.
A Force 12 storm hit Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 during her November transatlantic crossing in 2019. Cunard's QM2 is built to handle rough seas. But the ship was hit by 9 metre seas and heavy hurricane Force 12 winds on the second last night of the crossing, on the way to New York!
Huge waves crashed over the Queen Mary 2’s massive bow which I caught on camera from the ship's Commodore Club. During the night, in QM2’s restaurants, furniture fell over due to the movement of the ship, and there was loud howling noises on Deck 7 as the heavy winds hit the ship's boat deck.
Queen Mary 2 was built in 2004 and was the first ocean liner built in a generation. The QM2 is strong - designed to withstand the rough seas and heavy winds of the transatlantic crossing.
In this video, you can check out how Queen Mary 2 handled a North Atlantic Storm with Hurricane Force winds. The video is part of my QM2 Cunard Southampton Centenary Transatlantic Crossing vlog, and also shows a gala dinner, nightlife in the Queens Room and scenes from on deck as well as a late night walk around the empty QM2 (everyone was asleep) as the hurricane force winds hit against the ship.
* I was aboard QM2 as a guest lecturer courtesy of Cunard *
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