In 1933 in the North Pacific, the US Navy transport USS Ramapo triangulated a rogue wave at thirty-four meters in height.

Encounters with rogue waves have been rare but memorable. In December 1942, with sixteen-thousand soldiers on board, it was hit by a huge wave. While 700 miles from Scotland during a gale, she was suddenly hit broadside by a rogue wave that may have reached a height of 28 metres (92 ft). Remarkable things you didn't know about the ocean liner Queen Mary ... Queen Mary was hit by a rogue wave that may have been up to 28 metres tall.

In the movie, after six survivors escape, the ship turns over again before sinking stern first in the Atlantic Commonality.

During the second world-war it was used to transport troops from the U.S. to Europe.

A different, even more famous case involved the ‘Queen Mary’, a giant passenger ship.

In December 1942, Queen Mary carried 16,082 American soldiers from New York to Great Britain, a standing record for the most passengers ever transported on one vessel. In 1942, the RMS Queen Mary was transporting 15,000 US troops to Europe when it was hit by a twenty-three meter wave and nearly capsized.

The RMS Queen Mary's future role was to be on the North Atlantic; however, one urgent trip carrying US troops to Sydney was the priority. RMS Queen Mary was Britain’s entry in the fierce transatlantic passenger trade. An account of this crossing can be found in Carter's …

Queen Mary 2 had the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) prefix conferred on her by the Royal Mail when she entered service in 2004, as a gesture to Cunard's history. The film uses the RMS Queen Mary as a stand-in for Poseidon, using actual onboard locations as well as model shots. Viewing the film itself without knowing anything about rogue waves, the enormity of the wave in a calm and sea might strike one as positively absurd, like the embodiment of all complaints of Hollywood exaggeration for the sake of awe-inspiring special effects. She was constructed to replace the ageing Queen Elizabeth 2, which was the Cunard flagship from 1969 to 2004 and the last major ocean liner built before Queen Mary 2. During this trip, while 700 miles (1,100 km) from Scotland during a gale, she was suddenly hit broadside by a rogue wave that may have reached a height of 28 metres (92 ft). However, what might be surprising is that the depiction was actually a very accurate one. I noticed this story of RMS Queen Mary during WWII in Wikipedia: In December 1942, the Queen Mary was carrying 16,082 American troops from New York to Great Britain, a standing record for the most passengers ever transported on one vessel.