ZEEWIJK LONGBOAT 1725-1727

Description:

Longboat

Owner:

VOC

Construction:

Timber

Sunk:

1727/06

Size:

Underwater:

Wreck not found

Built:

Rammekens, Netherlands

Location:

North of Abrolhos

Sinking:

En route from Gun Island, a rescue group of eleven of the fittest survivors and First Mate set off for Batavia in the longboat on 10 July, but were never heard of again. Believed to have sunk north of the Abrolhos islands

Longitude:

113.547709

Latitude:

-28.147100

Gallery

Location

Videos

About Shipwrecks

Find out everything you need to know about the Shipwrecks of Western Australia.
Direct from the archives of the Maritime Archaeology Association of Western Australia.