It's not unheard of for ships to be overwhelmed by heavy seas. Here's an accident investigation report into the loss of a large freezer trawler in storm in the

It's not unheard of for ships to be overwhelmed by heavy seas. Here's an accident investigation report into the loss of a large freezer trawler in storm in the Barents Sea. The ship was thought to have lost steering, went beam on to the seas and was overwhelmed due to an incorrectly secured hatch. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/sinking-of-stern-trawler-gaul-in-the-barents-sea-with-loss-of-36-lives https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/sinking-of-stern-trawler-gau...