[lostlogin]

My grandfather used to go and salvage (loot?) smashed up ships on the Yorkshire coast after storms as a kid in the early 20th century.

They had places they’d go after bad weather, knowing that’s where wrecks ended up.

[hutzlibu]

Thats a very old tradition.

Sometimes local traditon encuraged potential salvage, by setting up false lights.

edit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecking_(shipwreck)

but wikipedia actually says, this might be a urban legend, as there is no clear evidence this ever happened

[teachrdan]

There's a Japanese novel on the topic, which has a great English translation: "Shipwrecks" by Akira Yoshimura.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/1999/06/08/books/the-da...