shipwrecker
Causes maritime disasters
A shipwrecker is someone who causes ships to wreck—either literally by luring vessels onto rocks with false lights, or figuratively by sabotaging an enterprise.
The historical sense refers to coastal pirates who plundered grounded ships: The shipwreckers lit fires on the cliffs to mislead passing vessels.
The word also applies to anyone who deliberately destroys something others depend on.
Maritime thief or bootlegger
- plundererOne who loots
- raiderOne who attacks suddenly
- looterThief exploiting disorder
- salvagerOne who retrieves discards
smuggler · buccaneer · privateer · corsair · marauder · scavenger · pillager · brigand
pirate
Maritime thief or bootlegger
salvager · smuggler · buccaneer · privateer · corsair · marauder · scavenger · pillager · brigand · freebooter
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
- flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
- jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
- debrisScattered broken fragments
hulk · ruins · rubble · salvage · cargo · survivors · drowning · stranded · marooned · beached
reef
Underwater rock or coral formation
sandbar · shallows · ledge · outcrop · maelstrom · whirlpool · fog · squall · tempest · gale
shipwreckerrescuer
One who saves others
lifesaver · salvager · coast guard · lifeboat crew · lifeboatman
shipwreckerlighthouse keeper
One who maintains coastal beacons
harbor pilot · navigator · harbor master · channel marker · safe harbor
- shipwreck survivorsThose surviving vessel destruction
- historic shipwrecksSignificant sunken vessels
- shipwreck sitePlace a vessel sank
- historical shipwrecksVessels sunk long ago
- shipwrecked sailorsSurvivors of maritime disaster
- shipwreck storyStory about a vessel's destruction
shipwreck, shipwrecked, shipwrecks, shipwrecking, shipwreckers