ZUYTDORP 1701-1727

Description:

Dutch East India Trader

Owner:

VOC Master: Marinus Wijsvliet

Construction:

Timber

Sunk:

1712/06

Size:

500 tons length 148.6ft breadth 37.1ft depth 15.8ft

Underwater:

This is the only wreck site where permission is required to dive in WA with protected zone 500m around wreck. (Hazardous conditions apply – only few days per year where diving is possible)

Built:

1701 by VOC in Zeeland probably Vlissingen, Netherlands

Location:

On reef at base of cliffs, 62km north of Murchison River

Sinking:

En route from Wielingen to Batavia with approx 200 passengers and crew, a rich cargo including 248,000 silver coins and general cargo. Hit reef and cliff-face, crew and passengers believed to have survived.

Longitude:

113.936453417

Latitude:

-27.186114167

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