Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

Zeewijk’s Longboat (1727/06)

North of Abrolhos

Ship Built

Owner VOC

Builder VOC

Country Built Netherlands

Port Registered Netherlands

Ship Lost

Grouped Region Mid-West

Crew 12

Deaths 12

When Lost 1727/06

Where Lost North of Abrolhos

Port From Gun Island

Port To Batavia

Cargo Store

Ship Details

Engine N

Museum Reference

Unique Number 807

Sunk Code Unknown

File Number 455/71

Chart Number A 751

Protected Protected Federal

Found N

Inspected N

Confidential NO

Sources

B/L Museum Files Countryman, 1969/05/02
Halls, 'The Loss of the Dutch East Indiaman Aagtekerke', p. 5
Ingleman-Sundberg, C., 1977, The VOC Ship
Zeewijk Lost in 1727: A Preliminary Report on the
1977 Survey of the Site. Report - Department of
Maritime Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime
Museum, No.6.
Ingleman-Sundberg, C., 1978, The Dutch East Indiaman Excavation report Zeewijk Wrecked in 1727: A Report on the 1978 required. Expedition to the site. Report - Department of Maritime
Archaeology, Western Australian Maritime Museum,
No.10.
Hugh Edwards, The Wreck on the Half Moon Reed.