Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Mint Mark oM J
Province Mint Mexico
Soverign Issuer Felipe V
Coin Type8 Reales
Country of OriginSpanish America
Date c.1708
Weight 25.68g
Composition Silver
Condition VG
Date Found 1987
Registration Number 12916
Catalogue Type of Yr.560
This is the only ship that needs permission to dive on in WA. Protected zone 500 m around wreck. On 1 August 1711 Zuytdorp also Zuiddorp (meaning ‘South village’) was dispatched from the Netherlands to the trading port of Batavia. It never arrived at its destination. No search was undertaken, since there was no idea where the ship was lost. The crew were never heard from again. In 1834,...