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Shipwreck
(redirected from Sunken boat)

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shipwreck, complete or partial destruction of a vessel as a result of collision, fire, grounding, storm, explosion, or other mishap. In the ancient world sea travel was hazardous, but in modern times the number of shipwrecks due to nonhostile causes has steadily declined. Factors contributing to the decrease are improvements in ship construction, modern methods of navigation, efficient ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communication, more accurate meteorological reports and storm warnings, and the use of radar equipment. The greater size and larger accommodations of present-day vessels, however, involve greater potential loss of life and cargo in each ship disaster. One of the most famous modern sea disasters was the sinking of the Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr.
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Shipwreck
Spens, Sir Patrick
sets sail in a deadly storm, his ship founders, and he is drowned with his crew. [Scot. Balladry: Sir Patrick Spens in Benét, 935]
Tempest, The
ship bearing the King of Naples and his company is wrecked near Prospero’s island. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare The Tempest]
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This collision fractured the bedrock in the Gulf of Mexico in an area where major oil fields have been found, including the second largest on Earth, the Cantarell Field, discovered in 1976 by a fisherman of that name who thought he was over a sunken boat leaking fuel oil.
Is there oil beneath your feet? Petroleum products are usually deemed ... by Hiserodt, Ed / The New American
Soon though, Donovan gets into their way of life, and he is especially intrigued when his uncle, a mechanical genius who can fix just about anything, gets Donovan to help him raise a wrecked, sunken boat from its watery bed.
Thomson, John. A Small Boat at the Bottom of the Sea by Chrismer, Nancy / Kliatt
Coast Guard officials could not identify the sunken boat Wednesday, nor the owner of the Coast Pride.
BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
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