Wrecksite

Wrecksite

Type of site	Info Database
Founded	January 1, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-01)
Headquarters	Affligem, Belgium[1]
Area served	Worldwide
Owner	Adelante EBVBA[1]
URL	www.wrecksite.eu
Registration	Not required; registration for greater detail and participation; some paid services
Launched	January 1, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-01)
Current status	Active

Wrecksite is a non-profit organization that documents maritime wrecks around the world and is free to use. Accessing more data requires a subscription.^[2] The website is the world largest online nautical wreck database, and has 187,030 wrecks and 164,050 positions, 62,730 images, 2,347 maritime charts, 31,070 ship owners and builders. (As of July 13, 2019^[update])^[3][4]

Bibliography

Notes

1. "Legal disclaimer: Juridical info". Wrecksite. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
2. UNESCO 2015, p. 213
3. Wrecksite 2019
4. Library of Congress 2019

References

• Alexa (2019). "wrecksite.eu". wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
• Library of Congress (2019). "Databases and Internet Resources". Federal government of the United States. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
• UNESCO (2015). Underwater cultural heritage from World War I: proceedings of the Scientific Conference on the Occasion of the Centenary of World War I, Bruges, Belgium, 26 & 27 June 2014. UNESCO Publishing. ISBN 9789231001116. - Total pages: 217
• Wrecksite (2019). "Wrecksite". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 13 July 2019.