National Monuments service - Wreck Inventory of Ireland

The Wreck Inventory of Ireland Database (WIID) holds records of over 18,000 known and potential wreck sites in Irish waters. Wrecks in the database date to all periods; the earliest vessels represented being prehistoric logboats which are primarily found within Ireland’s inland waterways. With the intensification of shipping activity from the late medieval period onwards, the number of wrecking events off Irish waters increased exponentially with significant numbers occurring during the 18th and 19th centuries. This trend continued and the tumultuous events of the two World Wars in the first half of the 20th Century resulted in much larger numbers of vessels being lost in the waters surrounding Ireland, with an estimated 1,800 shipping casualties relating to both conflicts. Information contained in the WIID is derived from a wide variety of sources including: UKHO wreck data; the National Museum of Ireland; 18th and 19th-century surveys and sea charts; Lloyd’s List and Lloyd’s Register of Shipping; historic newspapers; Parliamentary Papers; local and international journals; fishermen’s marks; charts and cartographic sources. Important information on wrecks has been obtained during targeted fieldwork carried out by the National Monuments Service’s Underwater Archaeology Unit (UAU), drawing on first-hand accounts from divers, fishermen, coastal walkers, independent archaeologists, other marine and inland-waterways users, often supplemented by the records held in the Dept. of Irish Folklore, University College Dublin. The extensive seabed mapping programme carried out by the Geological Survey of Ireland and the Marine Institute as part of the INFOMAR project is very important, leading to the discovery of significant numbers of new wreck sites. It has also produced new high-resolution survey data on hundreds of other known wreck sites in Irish waters. NMS endeavours to ensure that the information in the Wreck Viewer is as accurate as possible. As only a relatively small percentage of wrecks have been accurately located to date, any information which can clarify positions or confirm new discoveries is greatly appreciated and new information will be updated to the viewer on an on-going basis. New information can be emailed to [e-mail] The Data is based on 20/6/24 data export This data has been released for download as Open Data under the DPER Open Data Strategy and is licensed for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/爱尔兰沉船清单数据库（Wreck Inventory of Ireland Database，WIID）收录了爱尔兰海域内超过18000处已知及潜在沉船遗址的相关记录。库中收录的沉船遗迹涵盖各个历史时期，其中年代最早的是史前独木舟，这类遗迹主要分布于爱尔兰内陆水道中。随着中世纪晚期以来航运活动的日益频繁，爱尔兰近海的沉船事件数量呈指数级增长，18至19世纪的沉船事件数量尤为可观。这一趋势持续延续，20世纪上半叶两次世界大战的动荡局势导致爱尔兰周边海域沉没的船只数量大幅增加，两场战争相关的海上失事船只预估达1800艘。 爱尔兰沉船清单数据库收录的信息源自多种渠道，包括：英国海道测量局（UKHO）沉船数据、爱尔兰国家博物馆、18至19世纪的勘测与海图、《劳埃德海事报》（Lloyd’s List）与劳埃德船舶登记册、历史报纸、议会文件、国内外期刊、渔民航标以及各类海图与制图资料。国家古迹服务处水下考古分队（Underwater Archaeology Unit，UAU）通过针对性实地考察，获取了大量沉船相关的重要信息，这些信息来自潜水员、渔民、沿海徒步者、独立考古学者以及其他海洋与内陆水道使用者的一手记录，同时常辅以都柏林大学学院爱尔兰民俗学系所藏的档案资料。 作为INFOMAR项目的一部分，爱尔兰地质调查局与海洋研究所开展的大规模海底测绘计划具有重要意义，该计划发现了大量新的沉船遗址，同时还为爱尔兰海域内数百处已知沉船遗址提供了全新的高分辨率勘测数据。国家古迹服务处（National Monuments Service，NMS）致力于确保沉船查看器（Wreck Viewer）中的信息尽可能准确。截至目前，仅有相对较少的沉船遗址被精确定位，因此任何能够澄清遗址位置或确认新发现的信息都将受到诚挚感谢，新提交的信息也将持续更新至沉船查看器中。新信息可通过电子邮件发送至[e-mail]。 本数据集基于2024年6月20日的数据导出文件生成。本数据集依据爱尔兰公共支出与改革部（DPER）开放数据战略以开放数据形式发布，并可在知识共享署名4.0国际许可协议（Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence）条款下进行再利用，许可链接：https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/