shipwrecks in English

noun
1
the destruction of a ship at sea by sinking or breaking up, e.g., in a storm or after running aground.
With the help of his faithful spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures up a great storm causing a shipwreck on the shore nearby.
verb
1
(of a person or ship) suffer a shipwreck.
he was shipwrecked off the coast of Sardinia and nearly drowned
noun

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1. Storms and Shipwrecks

2. These islands have a history of shipwrecks and smuggling.

3. Alchem Incorporated: Fencing Equipment: Crossbow: Lake Erie Shipwrecks

4. The contents of shipwrecks belong to the state.

5. Aruba is famous for spectacular shipwrecks and the coral formations that dominate its underwater realms

6. Typically, pirates can find Resource Barrels on Outposts, Islands, Seaposts, Shipwrecks or even floating in the Ocean

7. The severity of this wind made passing around the Cape of Good Hope particularly treacherous for sailors, causing many shipwrecks.

8. Elsewhere in the country, the typhoon caused widespread flooding and 42 deaths; offshore shipwrecks left 44 people killed or missing.

9. Greater Amberjack mature at about 3 to 4 years of age and spawn primarily from March to June on reefs and shipwrecks.

10. Shipwrecks are featured five times in Shakespearean plays, and the way in which nautical terms are employed suggests that the writer was an experienced seaman.

11. The Bluff Maritime Museum is a “must visit” for anyone travelling along the Southern Scenic Route, with fascinating historical information about the many early shipwrecks in these challenging southern waters and

12. Deploying the system requires a site survey to identify shipwrecks, placement of anchor blocks and launching of the dome, followed by the construction and lowering of the riser tube.

13. Turner's imagination was sparked by shipwrecks, fires (including the burning of Parliament in 1834, an event which Turner witnessed first-hand, and transcribed in a series of watercolour sketches), and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog.

14. The European Court of Justice has already established, in the context of cases related to shipwrecks, that hydrocarbons accidentally spilled at sea constitute waste within the meaning of EU legislation on waste, with the corresponding responsibilities of the operator for damages, including clean-up costs.

15. That year, Congress set aside a $10,000 appropriation for "surfboats, rockets, Carronades and other necessary apparatus for the better preservation of life and property from shipwrecks on the coast of New Jersey lying between Sandy Hook and Little Egg Harbor." Initial lifesaving efforts on the Great Lakes started six years later, when a $12,500