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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2007
Subject:
History, Social sciences
Length:
410 words

as defined by the UK's Merchant Shipping Act 1995, includes jetsam, flotsam, lagan, and derelict. Any wreck or wreck material found in UK ...

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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2002
Subject:
History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
Length:
104 words
1 the destruction of a ship at sea; a shipwreck: the survivors of the wreck. 2 a ship destroyed in such a way: ... v. 1 ... More

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