I have been totally 'dead ship' twice in unfavourable circumstances.
The first time wasbeing towedoutof a drydock by two tugs. We had no engines. No problem until a sudden squall which caused one tug to snap its line and the remaining one couldn't cope. All we could do, on the poop, was stand clear when we collided with the jetty. A surreal experienceπ
The other time was in force 8 when we lost the main engine and within an hour we lost the emergency generator. That was 'interesting' π
I dread to think what was going through their minds when they realised just exactly what was going to happen.