ZT3981 - Glass artefact

Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) Wreck

Case bottle fragments: not complete.

  • Material Glass

  • Number of Items 35

  • Site Area Code Mid-West

  • Site Location Wreck site: cave excavated by Geoff Kimpton, stern area.

Museum Reference

  • artefact ZT3981 - Glass

  • Registration Number 3981

Artefact information

Full information about the Glass
artefact ZT3981 - Glass
Ship Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 3981
Description Case bottle fragments: not complete.
Material Glass
Number of Items 35
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Wreck site: cave excavated by Geoff Kimpton, stern area.
Modification date Wed, 2007-10-24
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/zt3981-glass
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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