Here's a thought
I got this idea from a discussion on another thread...
Maybe a procedure change could help in a TR loss situation like this one. What if the pilot entered the hover a little farther behind the ship, then slowly hovered into position over the fight deck. This way, the power (and torque) spike that occurs when entering hover would happen over the water and not over the flight deck. If the TR failed during entry into the hover (during the torque spike), at least you could set it down in the water just behind the ship.
I'm not really familiar with helo operations at sea, so this procedure might run into ground effect problems with half the MR over the deck and half over the water, as the helo slowly hovered to the landing area over the flight deck. Also, does the ship captain try to steer the ship in a way that creates a low wind situation over the flight deck during helo recovery? If so, that would greatly help to make this procedure work.