AT SEA DURING A TROPICAL STORM     

by Irene Baron     www.irenebaron.com 
Updated January 2020

AN ANGRY SEA EXPERIENCE 

When I saw a video about angry seas, I thought back to an adventure I experienced in 1961 during an Atlantic crossing on the Holland American Lines ship, the Grotte Beer out of Rotterdam. This was a 600+ passenger ship which took me on a round trip journey between New York City and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 

This ship, pictured to the left, was one of three Victory Class ships built for…