put to sea vs shipwreck

put to sea

verb
  • To leave a port or harbour on a voyage, or for other purposes such as fishing. 

shipwreck

verb
  • To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap. 

noun
  • An event where a ship sinks or runs aground. 

  • A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy. 

  • destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss 

How often have the words put to sea and shipwreck occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )