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Shipwreck (other)
A shipwreck is the term for a sunken or derelict ship. Shipwreck may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Shipwreck (book), ''Shipwreck'' (book), a 1974 book with text by John Fowles and photographs by the Gibsons of Scilly * Shipwreck (film), ''Shipwreck'' (film), a 1931 animated film starring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit * Shipwreck (1978 film), ''Shipwreck'' (1978 film) or ''The Sea Gypsies'', an American film directed by Stewart Raffill * Shipwreck (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * ''Shipwreck'', a 1994 album by Chris Connelly (musician), Chris Connelly * ''Shipwreck'', an episode of the anime anthology series ''Manga Fairy Tales of the World'' * "Shipwreck!", an episode of the anime series ''The Adventures of the Little Prince (TV series), The Little Prince'' * "Shipwreck", a song by Your Memorial from the album ''Redirect (album), Redirect'' * ''Shipwreck (play)'', a 2019 play by Anne Washburn Painting * The Shipwreck (Vernet), ''The Shipwreck'' (Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipwreck
A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. It results from the event of ''shipwrecking'', which may be intentional or unintentional. There were approximately three million shipwrecks worldwide as of January 1999, according to Angela Croome, a science writer and author who specialized in the history of underwater archaeology (an estimate rapidly endorsed by UNESCO and other organizations). When a ship's crew has died or abandoned the ship, and the ship has remained adrift but unsunk, they are instead referred to as Ghost ship, ''ghost ships''. Types Historic wrecks are attractive to maritime archaeology, maritime archaeologists because they preserve historical information: for example, studying the wreck of revealed information about seafaring, warfare, and life in the 16th century. Military wrecks, caused by a skirmish at sea, are studied to find details about the historic event; they reveal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
