ZT4100 - FERROUS artefact

Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) Wreck

Unidentified cast iron rectangular object: part only w/ bevelled edge.

  • Material FERROUS

  • Number of Items 1

  • Site Area Code Mid-West

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  • artefact ZT4100 - FERROUS

  • Registration Number 4100

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Full information about the FERROUS
artefact ZT4100 - FERROUS
Ship Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 4100
Description Unidentified cast iron rectangular object: part only w/ bevelled edge.
Material FERROUS
Number of Items 1
Site Area Code Mid-West
Modification date Mon, 2005-07-11
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/zt4100-ferrous
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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