www.wrecks.net was started by a few friends in April 1999.   Initially, the site was created to help distribute software for PCs and Palm PDAs.   In 2001, wrecks.net expanded to build a searchable database of maritime accidents using asp scripting and MS Sql 2000.   In 2006, the website suffered a catastrophic lost when both servers failed and backups were unable to restore the database.   Between 2006 and 2010, wrecks.net sat idle.  Finally in 2009, wrecks.net was brought back to life with a new database.   The system was moved to a MySql and .Net structure and uses a cloud service as backup.

Version 2010

Our newest version has set it's focus on the mobile platform. The entire site is designed to work on Android, iPhone and Blackberry phones. Also, we adopted using more open-source technologies to keep hosting costs minimal. July 2010, we began the use of social networking tools to encourage more collaborations with other organizations.

Goals for 2011

Here are some of our goals for the future.

• Release iPhone and Android Apps
• USLSS Database years 1875 to 1885
• Provide more photos and videos
• Searchable references - Allow users to be able to find books for a particular shipwreck
• Add an additional 2000 records