shipwrecked

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International law requires belligerents in a war to assist sailors wounded or shipwrecked in battle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Under the Second Geneva Convention, countries at war are required to take "all possible measures" to rescue wounded or shipwrecked sailors after a naval attack.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

On Friday, Italy's coastguard said it was searching for the survivors of a shipwrecked vessel carrying about 30 people in the search and a rescue area of Malta, some 50 miles southeast of Lampedusa.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

He’s genuflecting and appears penitent, it’s him with no public or private, shipwrecked in place in a way.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

They carried the shipwrecked crew through the ocean toward a city that rose in yellow stone out of the water of a lagoon.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell