Wreck

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Any vessel or substantial parts thereof which is sunk or stranded or is no longer under control.


Note: For lighthouse services the term is extended also to accidental obstructions to navigation which normally are marked as an indication of danger.




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)