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SL CODES™ & SPENCE”S LIST™

This page is part of a series dealing with researching shipwrecks. It is an explanation of the data codes used in Spence's List™ of shipwrecks. SL Codes™ are alpha-numeric codes used to organize shipwreck data in various versions of Spence's List™. You do not need to understand them to use or enjoy this book. However, for the more serious researcher the following information is provided. SL Codes™ are based on an easy to understand system. SL Codes™ are divided into five sections and are designed to answer five different questions at a glance. Each of the five sections of the SL Code™ is separated by a dash. The SL Code™ for the wreck of the British ship Phoenix is 1813-8-US-SC/GA-29. The first section tells the year of loss (1813); the second the month of loss (In this case, August, w ›
Georgia

Shipwreck Research: Georgia Waters

GEORGIA SHIPWRECK LIST 1812-1816 IMPORTANT NOTE: Each of the following entries were taken from Dr. E. Lee Spence's book “Shipwrecks Through War, Weather, & Error, 1812-1816: Sunken Treasures of the Gulf, Caribbean, & Atlantic,” (Narwhal Press, 265 pages, Charleston, SC, 1996), © copyright 1996, 2002, by Edward Lee Spence, all rights reserved. No part of any ›
Revealing the real Rhett Butler read more
Civil War USA/CSA

Revealing the real Rhett Butler

Everyone dreams of making their mark in the world. Margaret Mitchell made hers by writing Gone With The Wind. I hop ›
Shipwreck 1864 submarine Hunley read more
archaeology

Shipwreck 1864 submarine Hunley

The Discovery of the Hunley Or, who found the Hunley first, Spence or Cussler? The Civil War submarine H ›
Ship Models: Vasa read more
Ship Construction

Ship Models: Vasa

American model maker Clayton Johnson is constructing what will probably be the most accurate ever model of the Vasa This article is by Julian Stockwin and wa ›
Official Records of the Union & Confederate Navies read more
Civil War Records

Official Records of the Union & Confederate Navies

FULL TITLE: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion (Bette ›
Shipwreck 1864 read more
Civil War USA/CSA

Shipwreck 1864 "Constance Decimer"

The wreck of the Civil War Blockade Runner Constance: The following has been taken and slightly m ›
Hispaniola: Haiti & the Dominican Republic read more
Antique Maps

Hispaniola: Haiti & the Dominican Republic

Place Name Changes on the Island of Hispaniola The text in this posting is taken from Dr. E. Lee S ›
Shipwreck 1863 read more
archaeology

Shipwreck 1863 "Georgiana"

THE DISCOVERY The wind was blowing hard from the east, bringing warm, clear, blue water in from the Gulf Stream. ›
International Diving Institute (IDI) read more
Education

International Diving Institute (IDI)

The International Diving Institute is one of Sea Research Society's Sponsors and we are proud of our long term asso ›
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