Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum
Namesort icon Title Description Material Number of Items ANCODS Wreck Site Area Code Modification date
GT8000 - Armament

Cannon ball.

Armament 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Monday, July 11, 2005
GT6161 - Ship's timber

Timber pieces, do not fit together

Ship's timber 2 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, July 4, 2017
GT6160 - Ship's timber

Five adjoining fragments of sacrificial planking that make two (probably was one) larger fragments, and five small chips of wood that have fallen from those two larger fragments. Poorly preserved; very acidic and crumbly. Sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern. Exterior surface: rounded nail head impressions.

Ship's timber 2 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Wednesday, April 22, 2009
GT6159 - Cargo

Three fragments of barrel staves.

Old description: Planks w/ saw cuts from rigging?

Cargo 2 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, July 4, 2017
GT6158 - Cargo

Barrel stave, small

Cargo 6 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, July 4, 2017
GT6154 - Ship's timber

1. Fragment of hull planking with one treenail hole. Exterior surface preserved with sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern.
2. Fragment of frame with three treenail holes, two partially preserved on edge, and one with treenail inside. One nail hole with square iron nail shaft. Very worn surface.

Ship's timber 2 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Friday, March 27, 2009
GT6153 - Fittings

Barrel stave

Fittings 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Monday, July 11, 2005
GT6152AB - Fittings

Treenail, A, Bark fragment, B,

Fittings 2 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, July 4, 2017
GT6151 - Ship's timber

Two fragments of undiagnostic hull timber. One with two treenail holes: one with treenail and one partially preserved.

Ship's timber 2 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, October 23, 2007
GT6150A - Ship's timber

Treenail peg

Ship's timber 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, October 23, 2007
GT6149 - Cargo

Barrel stave fragments, including 2 barrel lid fragments : from various size barrels.

Cargo 47 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Thursday, October 25, 2007
GT6148 - Ship's timber

Fragment of timber, possibly frame or hull planking. Poorly preserved; no original surface. One treenail and half a treenail hole on edge of timber preserved.

Ship's timber 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, October 23, 2007
GT6147 - Ship's timber

Originally six fragments of sacrificial planking; now fourteen. All very acidic and crumbling. Sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern. Exterior surface: rounded nail head impressions.

Ship's timber 6 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, October 23, 2007
GT6146 - Concretions

Concretion. wood ?

Concretions 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, July 4, 2017
GT6145 - Ship's timber

Fragments of wood (1 bag), pieces of leather and conc.

Ship's timber 6 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Friday, March 8, 2013
GT6143 - Ship's timber

Sacrificial planking= 1 Bag

Ship's timber 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, July 4, 2017
GT6141 - Ship's timber

Fragment of frame timber with four treenail holes (two with treenail preserved), and one iron nail shaft (square in section).

Ship's timber 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Wednesday, July 16, 2014
GT6140C - Ship's timber

Fragments of timber, small, not diagnostic, presumably from ship’s hull. Pine and oak fragments.

Ship's timber 41 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, October 23, 2007
GT6139 - Ship's timber

Fragment of hull planking. Exterior surface preserved with sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern. Also one pegged treenail preserved, pegged on its exterior. Interior face: no original surface preserved. Possible square nail hole next to treenail on interior surface.

Ship's timber 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, October 23, 2007
GT6138 - Ship's timber

Three adjoining fragments of sacrificial planking. Nail holes of sheathing nails, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern. Rounded nail head impressions on exterior face.

Ship's timber 3 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, October 23, 2007
GT6137 - Cargo

Barrel staves + 1 end piece

Cargo 5 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Monday, September 24, 2007
GT6184 - Ship's timber

Timber piece, flattish, covered in conc. With two nail holes, square in section, and nail head impression, also square. Not diagnostic.

Ship's timber 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Wednesday, October 24, 2007
GT6135 - Ship's timber

Fragment of hull planking (scarf end; flat scarf). Wood poorly preserved and, due to acidity, exploded in many small pies. Scarf end is nailed onto the joining scarf end by two nails; one closest to tip has nail head concretion preserved. Both perpendicular to the planking's thickness (tip was nailed down, this indicates a bottom-based construction method; otherwise it would nailed into one of the underlying frames). Nails square in section. Planking surface: one bolt hole, round in section, and nail hole next to it, square in section. Exterior surfaces: sheathing nail holes, square in section, closely spaced in diagonal or alternating pattern.

Ship's timber 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Monday, September 20, 2010
GT6134 - Cargo

Billet box wood, pieces

Cargo 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Monday, July 11, 2005
GT6133 - TIMBER

Timber imprint, concretion

TIMBER 1 Vergulde Draeck (Gilt Dragon) Mid-West Tuesday, October 23, 2007