shipwreck
Defined in 4 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
United States Code
43 U.S.C. § 2102 — for purposes of this chapter
the term “shipwreck” means a vessel or wreck, its cargo, and other contents;
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The loss of a vessel at sea, eithe:^ by being swallowed up by the waves, by running against another vessel or thing at sea, or on the coast.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The demolition or shattering of a vessel, caused by her driving ashore or on rocks and shoals in the midseas or by the violence of winds and waves in tempests. 2 Arn. Ins. p. 734.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Tlie breaking of a ship so that she no longer exists in her original nature.