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shipwrecking

vr.tr.shipwrecking · XCT.STA

Let an agent explain shipwrecking, relay causes, investigation, salvage, pollution, heritage protection and notable cases from maritime safety and archaeology sources, route distress at sea to coastguards, describe the named forms and flag the instance, and distinguish shipwrecks from shipbreaking, abandoned vessels, groundings without loss and aviation accidents.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain shipwrecking, relay causes, investigation, salvage, pollution, heritage protection and notable cases from maritime safety and archaeology sources, route distress at sea to coastguards, describe the named forms and flag the instance, and distinguish shipwrecks from shipbreaking, abandoned vessels, groundings without loss and aviation accidents.

The destruction or loss of a vessel through grounding, sinking, capsizing, fire, collision or weather, a category of maritime disaster, including sinking in action during war, seaplane wrecks and cargo losses such as the 1997 loss of containers from the Tokio Express off Cornwall, which scattered millions of Lego pieces still washing ashore, an instance; shipwrecks create hazards and pollution, are investigated by bodies such as the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch, and historic wrecks are protected as underwater cultural heritage and sometimes as war graves. People in distress at sea should call coastguards or use distress signals.

What it is for: Understanding loss of vessels.

It can be explain causes and forms; relay investigation and salvage; describe heritage protection; route maritime distress.

Distinguishing features

Vessel loss

Varied causes

Environmental hazards

Heritage value

What it looks like

Vessels aground, sunk or broken, wreck sites on seabeds and debris on shores.

Physical character

UNESCO Convention on underwater heritage: 2001 year

Tokio Express container loss: 1997 year - instance

SOLAS Convention: first 1914, current 1974 note - after Titanic

How it is recognised

Destruction or loss of a vessel

Grounding, sinking, seaplane wreck, sinking in action, 1997 Lego spill, capsizing

Shipbreaking dismantles ships deliberately; abandoned vessels are left afloat; groundings may be refloated; aviation accidents involve aircraft

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

maritime disaster

is regulated by - prevention

SOLAS Convention

includes - instance

Tokio Express container spill

is contrasted with -

ship breaking

In practice

Families and kinds

groundings

foundering and sinking

wartime losses

cargo and container losses

historic wrecks

Standards and regulation

SOLAS and MARPOL conventions

Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention 2007

Protection of Military Remains Act and heritage laws

Failure modes and hazards

Pollution from wrecks

Disturbing war graves

Treating instances as kinds

Also called

groundingsinkingseaplane wrecksinking in action1997 Lego spill

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What shipwrecking is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. Is a vessel in distress or someone in the water, in which case call the coastguard or emergency services immediately? boundary
  2. What is shipwrecking, and how does it differ from shipbreaking, abandoned vessels, refloated groundings and aviation accidents? definition

Forms

Named forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. What are grounding, sinking, sinking in action and seaplane wrecks, and what was the 1997 Lego spill? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific case? action
Safety Safety and investigation.

Regulation.

Causes

Causes.

Causes

Causes.

  1. What causes shipwrecks, as investigation bodies report? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

SOLAS

Safety conventions.

SOLAS

SOLAS.

  1. How did SOLAS develop after disasters such as Titanic? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Aftermath Salvage and pollution.

Regulation.

Salvage

Salvage and removal.

Salvage

Salvage.

  1. How do salvage law and the Nairobi Convention handle wreck removal? provenance
  2. Which entry fits marine salvage? action

Pollution

Pollution.

Pollution

Pollution.

  1. How do oil and cargo from wrecks affect the environment, including the Lego spill study? provenance
  2. Which entry fits marine pollution? action
Context Heritage.

Attribution.

Heritage

Underwater heritage.

Heritage

Heritage.

  1. How are historic wrecks and war graves protected, and what debates exist about salvage of war wrecks, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

Archaeology

Maritime archaeology.

Archaeology

Archaeology.

  1. What have wrecks such as the Mary Rose revealed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits Mary Rose? action

What the second pass must settle

  • The registry alias 1997 Lego spill should be split off as an instance
  • Should seaplane wreck be moved to aviation entries?
  • How should investigation reports be linked?