ZT3968 - Copper/brass artefact

Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) Wreck

Tufting Nails: Brass.

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  • artefact ZT3968 - Copper/brass

  • Registration Number 3968

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Full information about the Copper/brass
artefact ZT3968 - Copper/brass
Ship Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 3968
Description Tufting Nails: Brass.
Material Copper/brass
Number of Items 4
Modification date Tue, 2007-10-16
Date Registered Tue, 1988-02-02
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/zt3968-copperbrass-0
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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