ZEEWIJK LONGBOAT 1725-1727

Description

Longboat

Construction

Timber

Size

Built

Rammekens, Netherlands

Owner

VOC

Sunk

1727/06

Location

North of Abrolhos

Latitude/Longitude

(-28.147100, 113.547709)

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

Underwater

Wreck not found

Location