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Batavia
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2019
The Batavia wreck occurred on 4 June 1629. The ship struck the Morning Reef in the Wallabi Group of the Abrolhos Islands. It was carrying 316 people along with trade goods, chests of coin, and a large amount of cargo, jewellery and silver. It took a week ...
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Boat from de Goede Hoop
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The jacht De Goede Hoop was sent to look for survivors from the wrecked Vergulde Draeck in July 1656. The jacht sent a ship’s boat ashore when they reached the wreck area. Three men from this boat disappeared in the bush and the other eight were sent to lo ...
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Boat from Waeckende Boey
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Emeloort and the Waeckende Boey had set sail in 1658 to chart the coast of the Southland and look for survivors of the Vergulde Draeck. The Emeloort reached sight of the Southland at latitude 33° 12´S and then turned north along the coast. Fires were s ...
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Vergulde Draeck
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
The Vergulde Draeck was wrecked on the 28 April 1656, near the mouth of the Moore River. Of the 193 on board, only 75 managed to reach the shore in two of the ship’s boats and only a small of amount of provisions were saved. Seven men including the underst ...
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Vianen
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
This incident was not a wreck, the vessel went aground and managed to get free by releasing some cargo. It was one of the early sightings of the “Southland” and was unusual because the ship was on its way from and not to Java. There is an interesting menti ...
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Zuytdorp
Stranger on the Shore | Updated 22 Feb 2011
In 1712 the Zuytdorp was on its way from Holland to Batavia in company with a ship called the Kockenge. The two ships left the Cape of Good Hope on 22 April 1712, but became separated and the Zuytdorp never arrived at its destination. The Zuytdorp was one ...
Shipwreck Databases
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