The fight against Earth ’s sea is almost as previous as humankind . Through millennia , human beings have combat typhoon and wave as high as building . “ To sweep is necessary , to live is not necessary , ” said Plutarch during a Brobdingnagian storm in the Mediterranean . Here are 18 pic that perfectly instance that idea .
1911: wrecked steamer fights the rough seas.
exposure : Topical Press Agency / Getty Images
Ship ‘Endurance’ in the ice, 1915.
exposure : James Francis Hurley / Royal Museums Greenwich
On board the ship `Garthsnaid’ at sea, 1920, showing sailors securing a section of the foresail which had come free from the gaskets in heavy weather.
Photo : Alexander Harper Turner / National Library of New Zealand
Europa, one of the fastest liners in the Atlantic service, arrived in New York City on Dec. 11, 1931 approximately 24 hours behind schedule because of the unusually heavy weather in the Atlantic Ocean.
Photo : AP
Aboard the german cargo ship MS Sabine Howaldt, during a North Atlantic winter storm, 1958.
Photo : Buonasera / Wikimedia Commons
HMS Nottingham braves rough Atlantic seas during a high seas firing exercise, some 200 miles west of Ireland, on Sept. 11, 2004
photograph : LA(Phot ) Ray Jones / Royal Navy
A Sailor makes his way up the brow aboard the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet ocean tug USNS Apache (T-ATF 172) during a rare snow storm on board Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Little Creek, Va., Feb. 3, 2005.
photograph : Photographers Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain / U.S. Navy
The cargo ship Porvenir I is seen during violent winds that caused strong swells on the coasts of Chile, on Aug. 3, 2005. Three crew members could not be rescued after falling overboard.
Photo : navy blue OF CHILE / AP
Lightning storms rage over the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) as the ship transits the Persian Gulf, 4 March 2025.
Photo : Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Heidi J. Giacalone / U.S. Navy
The Russian-owned “Vera Voloshina” cargo ship is seen after running aground during a heavy storm, near the Black Sea resort of Sudak, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007.
Photo : Ukranian Emergencies Ministry / AP
Flight deck personnel aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) work night operations as thunderstorms approaches (Sept. 9, 2010).
Photo : Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Christopher B. Stoltz / U.S. Navy
HMNZS Wellington, offshore patrol vessel (OPV) encounters rough seas in Ross Sea, on 12 February 2025.
Photo : New Zealand Defence Force
Sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet for launch as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) passes through a storm front on the Arabian Sea, Jan. 21, 2012.
Photo : Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Evans / U.S. Navy
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) passes through a sand storm on the Arabian Sea, on 27 April 2025.
Photo : Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin Stevens / U.S. Navy
2013: The French Fishing vessel Alf during a storm in the Irish Sea.
pic : Royal Navy
USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer transits the Black Sea through heavy blizzard, on Jan. 7, 2015.
Photo : Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Karolina A. Oseguera / U.S. Navy
This two side - to - side videosshowing the outside and interior of a payload ship are so good .
Here’sanother cargo ship stoop .
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