According to Chen Jeng-horng, an associate professor with National Cheng Kung University's Department of Systems and Naval Mechatronics Engineering, historical documents show that 185 vessels went down in the waters around Taiwan during the Qing Dynasty alone, some 97 of them in the vicinity of Penghu (see table).
根據成功大學系統及船舶機電工程系副教授陳政宏對歷史文獻的整理，僅在清朝時代，台灣海域至少就有 185 艘沉船，其中又以沉沒澎湖附近者占 97 艘最多（見附表）。