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shipwreck

[ship-rek] / ˈʃɪpˌrɛk /










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Italian authorities have faced accusations, which they strongly deny, that they did not do enough to stop the migrant shipwreck.

From Reuters

The shipwreck: 1740, the Royal Navy ship the Wager, off Brazil.

From Los Angeles Times

A whisky collection rescued by divers from a 128-year-old shipwreck is expected to fetch thousands of pounds at a Glasgow auction.

From BBC

The shift was crystallized after a deadly shipwreck last month along Italy’s Calabrian coast.

From Washington Post

It would take several more shipwrecks before a lighthouse was built here, in 1872, to keep other marine vessels from running aground en route to the Golden Gate.

From New York Times