- P&O Cruises’ Ventura ship was battered with fierce winds on December 10
- Video filmed inside the dining room shows crockery smashing due to the storm
- Passengers are seen holding onto the tables while crew hold onto the fixtures
This video captured the terrifying moment a violent storm rocked a cruise ship –smashing crockery and forcing passengers to hold onto the tables.
Crew on board P&O Cruises’ Ventura ship out of Southampton clung to the fixtures as it was battered by 100-knot winds on December 10.
Throughout the clip, filmed in the ship’s main dining room, the sound of tableware breaking as it falls to the ground can be heard.
Crew aboard P&O Cruises’ Ventura ship clung to fixtures as it was battered by 100-knot winds
Passengers seated around tables are seen gripping their wine glasses tightly in a bid to enjoy the remainder of their meal despite the circumstances.
The man filming the scene holds up his wine glass to the camera as the liquid inside swirls around.
He later wrote online that he feared the 116,000-ton ship – which can accommodate 3,078 guests and 1,205 crew members – would capsize.
Passengers seated around tables are seen gripping their wine glasses tightly in a bid to enjoy the remainder of their meal despite the circumstances
Smashed crockery can be seen on the floor of the ship’s main dining room in the video
Elderly passengers were reportedly thrown to the floor when the chairs toppled over, he added.
‘Seated passengers’ chairs toppled over spilling elderly passengers onto the floor,’ he wrote.
‘The listing was such, and becoming slowly worse, that I began to fear the ship may actually go over.
The man filming holds up his wine glass to the camera as the liquid inside swirls around
‘Only after about 25-30 minutes did the Bridge finally speak up and advise we had been hit by a side on ‘100-knot wind squall’ and they had been turning the ship into the wind.’
MailOnline has contacted P&O Cruises for comment.