ZT4262 - COINS artefact

Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp) Wreck

Coin concretion: approx. wt 1.50kg. Coins worn and shiny on one side.

  • Material COINS

  • Number of Items 1

  • Site Area Code Mid-West

  • Site Location Wreck site: Armour concretion area. See Day Book.

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  • artefact ZT4262 - COINS

  • Registration Number 4262

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artefact ZT4262 - COINS
Ship Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 4262
Description Coin concretion: approx. wt 1.50kg. Coins worn and shiny on one side.
Material COINS
Number of Items 1
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Wreck site: Armour concretion area. See Day Book.
Modification date Thu, 2008-01-24
Date Registered Wed, 1996-04-03
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/zt4262-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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