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 23/7/23 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/爱尔兰沉船名录数据库（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记录。库中收录的沉船年代覆盖所有历史时期，其中年代最早的载体为史前独木舟，这类沉船主要发现于爱尔兰内陆水道之中。自中世纪晚期航运活动加剧以来，爱尔兰近海沉船事件数量呈指数级增长，18至19世纪沉船数量显著增多。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船数量大幅攀升，两场冲突相关的船舶遇难事件估计达1800起。 WIID收录的信息来源广泛，涵盖英国海道测量局（UK Hydrographic Office, UKHO）沉船数据、爱尔兰国家博物馆、18至19世纪的勘测报告与海图、《劳埃德航运日志》（Lloyd’s List）及《劳埃德船舶登记册》（Lloyd’s Register of Shipping）、历史报纸、议会文件、本地及国际期刊、渔民航标、海图及制图资料。爱尔兰国家古迹服务局水下考古单元（Underwater Archaeology Unit, UAU）开展针对性野外调查期间，获取了大量沉船相关重要信息，这些信息源自潜水员、渔民、沿海徒步者、独立考古学者及其他海洋与内陆水道使用者的一手记述，同时辅以都柏林大学学院爱尔兰民俗学系馆藏记录。 爱尔兰地质调查局与海洋研究所作为INFOMAR项目的参与方，开展的大规模海底测绘项目具有重要意义：该项目不仅发现了大量全新沉船遗址，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。 爱尔兰国家古迹服务局（National Monuments Service, NMS）致力于确保沉船查询器（Wreck Viewer）中的信息尽可能精准。截至目前，仅有相对较少比例的沉船被精确定位，因此任何可澄清坐标或确认新发现的信息都将受到高度重视，新信息将持续更新至查询器中。新信息可通过电子邮件发送至：[e-mail]。 本数据集基于2023年7月23日的数据导出版本。 本数据已依据DPER开放数据战略以开放数据形式发布，并采用知识共享署名4.0国际许可协议（Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International）进行再使用授权，详情可访问：https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/