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I note that each shipwreck record includes a date of loss. I'd be interested to see a histogram of frequency by year.
by ocfnash 8y ago
I note that each shipwreck record includes a date of loss. I'd be interested to see a histogram of frequency by year.
- pjc50 8y agoI was expecting them to be mostly wartime, but clicking around randomly finds they're overwhelmingly "unknown".
- n4r9 8y agoThey're overwhelmingly known: awk -vFPAT='([^,]*)|("[^"]+")' -vOFS=, '{if ($1~/^[0-9]+$/){N++; if ($6=="Unknown"){ U++}}} END {print N, U}' Wrecks_April_2018.csv 17972,2137 EDIT: Didn't realise in the above that most wrecks are missing from the map due to unknown coords. Filtering these out we get 3736,1596
- iandioch 8y agoIt's maybe worth keeping in mind that Ireland was neutral in WWII. I guess that the belligerents still lost many ships in Irish waters (and indeed Irish ships were often attacked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_neutrality_during_World_War_II#Ports_and_trade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_neutrality_during_World_... ), but it's still some important context.
- hopeless 8y agoProbably the most famous wartime loss was the Lusitania off the Old Head of Kinsale. Its fame is partly that it was a Cunard ship like the Titanic, and partly because of the controversy around her cargo. Although it was a passenger liner, it was sunk by a German U-Boat because it was thought to be smuggling arms from the then-neutral US to England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania
- ddoran 8y agoSlightly off-topic, but I've always wondered why the wreck site of the Lusitania appears on in-flight maps. Anyone? https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2015/01/rms-lusitania-wreck-in-flight-map-aircraft/ https://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2015/01/rms-lusitania-wreck...
- gwbas1c 8y agoI clicked on 4 wrecks. 3 of them are from 1940.