Do we know how significantly the use of wireless marine radio impacted safety at sea? For example, do we know that the percentage of shipwrecks or lives lost at sea decreased during the early 1900s?

by birdhousebirdy

Any data or sources on the impact that wireless marine radio had on the number of shipwrecks and loss of life at sea would be appreciated.

EDIT: Added this note: I reworded the question that I posted about 2 hours ago.

Chestnut1

I'm not an expert in this but I've had a long standing interest in the history maritime wireless. My grandfather was a maritime wireless "pioneer". Here's a well-researched piece on the early days of maritime wireless radio (chapter 5 of a longer work). What's of interest, I think, is the extent to which communications protocols, standards of training, even station call signals seem to have come into being as a response to the sinking of the Titanic. Before these things were put in place, it would appear that wireless marine radio wasn't of much help.

http://www.coastalradio.org.uk/spud/spud/spud05.pdf