Photos of the damage sustained by the St.Christopher during the hurricane. I suspect that it was touch and go that she survived and did not become an even worse disaster than the Herald.
The forward garage door at the forward end of the upper cardeck was stoved in by a massive green sea being shipped over the forecastle. Meanwhile, trucks were overturning on the cardecks, shedding their loads and demolishing cars, and the Bosun and Chippy were given bravery awards for clearing the resultant debris from the scuppers, without which free surface water would have been flooding the cardeck.
The completely flattened white car in photo 8 was owned by a Swiss couple who came back onboard the next day to take photos as they said that their insurance company would never believe them!
The Master was Colin Roberts, seen in the final photo. I later sailed on the St.Christopher for three very happy years and Colin Roberts always said that it was the worst night that he had experienced in all his years at sea. A very nice guy who chainsmoked continuously.