Shipwrecks are featured five times in Shakespearean plays, and the way in which nautical terms are employed suggests that the writer was an experienced seaman.
Šekspīra lugās piecas reizes attēlota kuģa katastrofa, un jūrniecības terminu lietojums viņa darbos vedina uz domām, ka autors ir bijis pieredzējis jūrnieks.