ZT1834 - COINS artefact

Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) Wreck

Coins in concretion: bag.

  • Material COINS

  • Number of Items 30

  • Site Area Code Mid-West

  • Site Location Main coin area

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  • artefact ZT1834 - COINS

  • Registration Number 1834

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artefact ZT1834 - COINS
Ship Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 1834
Description Coins in concretion: bag.
Material COINS
Number of Items 30
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Main coin area
Modification date Thu, 2008-01-24
Date Registered Mon, 1978-05-15
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/zt1834-coins
Map of shipwreck

Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)

The Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) built in Netherlands, by VOC, owned by VOC. The Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) cargo was Coins, general cargo. The Master of the Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) was Marinus Wijsvliet, the Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) had a crew of 200-250. The Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) was lost 1712/06 at North of Kalbarri.

This is the only ship that needs permission to dive on in WA. Protected zone 500 m around wreck. On 1 August 1711 Zuytdorp also Zuiddorp (meaning ‘South town’) was dispatched from the Netherlands to the trading port of Batavia. It never arrived at its destination. No search was undertaken, presumably due to prior expensive but fruitless attempts to search for other missing ships. The crew...

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