 As an enthusiastic wreck diver, I have started a long time ago to gather information on sunken ships and airplanes. Meanwhile I possess a global shipwreck database with over 120.000 wreck entries, which may be the largest database of this kind in the world.
The database has listed the following categories:
Here is a short example, of what the database looks like:
Entry No. Ship Type Tons Nation Year Ocean Place Latitude N Longitude W Depth Sunk by Cargo 10729 Albionic Ship 2468 Great Britain 1940 48105 Alblasserdam Sailing ship Netherlands 1735 Pacific off coast of China china 44086 Alblon Atlantic North Sea, off Dutch Coast, 51,522600 N 3,574300 E sunk 6179 Alblon Ship Atlantic Netherlands 51,524300 N 3,577100 E 38497 Albona Minelayer Germany 1943 Mediterranean Saloniki scuttled 9194 Albrechts Thaer Schooner 1860 Atlantic Ferring, Denmark 56,300000 N 8,000000 E Ballast 10730 Albuera Ship 3477 Great Britain 1940 17897 Albuerra Tanker 3477 Great Britain 1940 Atlantic off Dungeness German Motor Torpedo Boat S36 54245 Albyn Barque 2154 Finland 1921 Atlantic enroute from Newport News to Gothenburg lost 25539 Alca Ship 5415 Finland 1963 Atlantic in the River Scheldt beached after collision, broke in two 6180 Alca Torda Ship Atlantic Netherlands 51,422100 N 2,007100 E 44087 Alca Torda Z 587 Atlantic North Sea, off Dutch Coast, 51,391800 N 2,570000 E sunk 20393 Alcaird Schooner 72 1923 Pacific at Marion Bay, South Australia stranded 56436 Alcairo Schooner 72 Australia 1923 Pacific Marion Bay, South Australia 35,223000 S 137,025833 E storm 120 tons gypsum 10731 Alcalde Schooner 1904 Grays Harbor, WA Wrecked 58650 Alcandre Brigantine 1877 Pacific East Coast, Waratah Bay, Victoria, Australia 39,075000 S 146,216666 E leak 310 tons of coal 10732 Alcantara Passenger Great Britain 1916 North Sea German cruiser Greif The database can be searched for every category. Here are some examples:
To get an impression about the number of wrecks here are some charts with wreck positons around southern Florida and Japan, which were generated from the database:
  Coordinates are available for around 30.000 wrecks in the database. For the rest of the wrecks, a more or less accurate description of the area of sinking is available. Despite the huge numbers of wrecks in this database, there are still much more around. The database is growing all the time and I have already data on another 6000 wrecks available, that I need to enter into the system. For most of the entries in the database, more detailed source material is available to me.
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