Shipwreck

A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has wrecked and either sunk to the bottom of a body of water, or become beached. They were frequently explored by scavengers hoping to recover some of the vessel's cargo or valuables.
==History==
In ancient Egypt, ships were wrecked either because of bandits, military acts, rogue animals such as hippopotamuses and crocodiles, or simply because they were misguided.Assassin's Creed: Origins
In regions such as the Caribbean, the shallow waters combined with the frequent hurricanes and tropical storms led to a high amount of ships being tossed onto the rocky shores; their stranded crews often perished before they could be rescued.Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag In regions farther north, such as the Northwest Passage, vessels sometimes became encased in ice instead.Assassin's Creed IIIAssassin's Creed: Rogue
In 1715, the Spanish Treasure Fleet entered a tropical storm and subsequently sank off the coast of Florida, taking with it a fortune of reales. This caused pirates of all kinds to flock to the region in search of wealth, many of them previously being privateers that were unemployed due to the in 1713.
Through the use of diving bells, many managed to reach the sunken wrecks and search them for contents; through this vein, the pirate Edward Kenway recovered a lot of treasure, after he attempted to find medicine at the San Ignacio wreck in January 1718 on behalf of the Pirate Republic of Nassau.
Sometime during the 18th century, a small ship ran aground in the Louisiana Bayou and came to be used as a camp by a burgeoning cult. The encampment was subsequently dispelled by the Assassin Aveline de Grandpré, who sought to erase the band of followers' influence in the swamp, on the orders of her Mentor Agaté.Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
The Kanien'kehá:ka Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton also explored several shipwrecks in his quest for Captain Kidd's treasure. In 1774, he traveled to Dead Chest Island, where he chased a scavenger through a ship graveyard, eventually assassinating him and recovering a piece of Kidd's treasure map. Two years later, he journeyed to the wreck of the Octavius, a ship that had become stuck in ice, and managed to acquire another piece of the map.
In 2023, the Abstergo Industries agent Yuki and Animus test subject Noa Kim explored the shipwreck of the SS Ourang Medan near the to find a crescent-shaped Piece of Eden that had been hidden there.Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 76 Despite several attacks by the local wildlife and the Piece of Eden causing him to experience hallucinations of his ancestor Edward Kenway's memories,Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 77 Noa ultimately managed to retrieve the artifact before he and Yuki returned to their diving bell.Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple – Episode 78
==Known shipwreck sites==
===Egypt===
*Abandoned Trireme
*Opos Kerkouros Wreck
*Sunken Desmoterion Ship
*Sunken Trireme
*The Scarab's Trireme
*Wdj-ur Wreck
*Zoiontegoi Shipwreck
===Caribbean===
*Antocha wreck
*The Black Trench
*The Blue Hole
*Dead Chest Island
*Devil's Eye Caverns
*El Arca del Maestro wreck
*Kabah Ruins
*La Concepcion wreck
*San Ignacio wreck
*Le Postillon wreck
===North America===
*Le Chameau wreck
*HMS Miranda wreck
*HMS Sapphire wreck
*Octavius wreck
*Pearl Island
===Southeast Asia===
*SS Ourang Medan
==Gallery==
<tabber>Concept art=
AC4BF Shipwreck - Concept Art.jpg|A beached shipwreck in the Caribbean
AC4BF More Shipwreck - Concept Art.jpg|A beached shipwreck in the Caribbean
Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag UnderwaterBreathingZone by max qin.jpg|A sunken ship in the Caribbean
ACBF Underwaterwreck.jpg|A sunken ship in the Caribbean
ACBF Underwaterwreck 02.jpg|A sunken ship in the Caribbean
ACBF underwaterwreck 01.jpg|A diver searching a shipwreck for treasure
ACP the sinking ship.jpg|A wrecking ship
ACRG Frozen Shipwreck - Concept Art.jpg|A shipwreck in the North Atlantic
Location - Bayou Ship.jpg|A shipwreck in the bayou
Ghostship by max qin.jpg|The Octavius in the Northwest Passage
|-|Other=
ACO Abandoned Trireme.png|A wrecked trireme in Egypt
ACO Sunken Trireme.png|A sunken trireme
ACO THO The Scarab's Trireme.jpg|Bayek exploring an underwater shipwreck
AC4 Abaco Island.png|El Arca del Maestros wreck on Abaco Island
AC4 Kabah Ruins.png|The shipwrecks at the Kabah Ruins
AC4 San Ignacio Wreck.png|The San Ignacio Wreck
ACRG Pearl Island.png|A shipwreck at Pearl Island
AC3L Bayou Ship.png|A shipwreck in the Louisiana Bayou
Dead Chest's Treasure 3.png|Dead Chest Island's ship graveyard
Ghost Ship 2.png|Connor discovering the Octavius
ACFT - Ourang Medan shipwreck.png|The Ourang Medans shipwreck
</tabber>
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed III 
*Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
*Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
**Freedom Cry
*Assassin's Creed: Pirates
*Assassin's Creed: Rogue
*Assassin's Creed: Origins
**The Hidden Ones
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
*Echoes of History 
*Assassin's Creed: Dynasty 
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage 
*Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple
==References==