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style="display:none">Dutch trading ship</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <caption><i>Zeewijk</i> </caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/42px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg/63px-Flag_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company.svg.png 1.5x, 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</ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>1725</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><a href="/wiki/Shipwreck" title="Shipwreck">Wrecked</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Houtman_Abrolhos" title="Houtman Abrolhos">Houtman Abrolhos</a> on 9 June 1727</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/East_Indiaman" title="East Indiaman">East Indiaman</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Tonnage</td><td>275.8 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>41.0 m (134.5 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Crew</td><td>212 seamen and soldiers</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">36 iron and bronze guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 <a href="/wiki/Swivel_gun" title="Swivel gun">swivel guns</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiralty_Chart_No_1723_The_Houtman_Rocks,_Published_1845.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Admiralty_Chart_No_1723_The_Houtman_Rocks%2C_Published_1845.jpg/220px-Admiralty_Chart_No_1723_The_Houtman_Rocks%2C_Published_1845.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Admiralty_Chart_No_1723_The_Houtman_Rocks%2C_Published_1845.jpg/330px-Admiralty_Chart_No_1723_The_Houtman_Rocks%2C_Published_1845.jpg 1.5x, 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aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">28°54′30″S</span> <span class="longitude">113°49′0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">28.90833°S 113.81667°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-28.90833; 113.81667</span></span></span></a></span></span> The <i><b>Zeewijk</b></i> (or <i><b>Zeewyk</b></i>) was an 18th-century <a href="/wiki/East_Indiaman" title="East Indiaman">East Indiaman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company" title="Dutch East India Company">Dutch East India Company</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie</i>, commonly abbreviated to VOC) that was <a href="/wiki/Shipwreck" title="Shipwreck">shipwrecked</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Houtman_Abrolhos" title="Houtman Abrolhos">Houtman Abrolhos</a>, off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>, on 9 June 1727.<sup id="cite_ref-huygens-zeewijk_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huygens-zeewijk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The survivors built a second ship, the <i><b>Sloepie</b></i>, enabling 82 out of the initial crew of 208 to reach their initial destination of <a href="/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a> on 30 April 1728. Since the 19th century many objects have been found near the wreck site, which are now in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Museum" title="Western Australian Museum">Western Australian Museum</a>. The shipwreck itself was found in 1968 by divers. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VOC_Octrooigebied_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/VOC_Octrooigebied_1.jpg/220px-VOC_Octrooigebied_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/VOC_Octrooigebied_1.jpg/330px-VOC_Octrooigebied_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/VOC_Octrooigebied_1.jpg/440px-VOC_Octrooigebied_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2268" data-file-height="1659" /></a><figcaption>A 1700 map of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean" title="Indian Ocean">Indian Ocean</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Zeewijk</i> was built in 1725 with a tonnage of 140 lasten, that is 275.8 tonnes (271.4 long tons; 304.0 short tons), and dimensions 145 feet (44 m) long by 36 feet (11 m) wide.<sup id="cite_ref-measurements_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-measurements-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It carried 36 iron and bronze guns, and 6 swivel guns.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new ship of the Zeeland Chamber of the VOC, her maiden voyage was from <a href="/wiki/Flushing,_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Flushing, Netherlands">Vlissingen</a> (Netherlands) to Batavia (now <a href="/wiki/Jakarta" title="Jakarta">Jakarta</a>, Indonesia) departing in November 1726.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p55-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon departure 208 seamen and soldiers were aboard,<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as a cargo of general building supplies and 315,836 <a href="/wiki/Dutch_gulden" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch gulden">guilders</a> in 10 chests.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p55-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jan Steyns from <a href="/wiki/Middelburg,_Zeeland" title="Middelburg, Zeeland">Middelburg</a> was the skipper, in his first command,<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> replacing Jan Bogaard who was too sick to sail.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p55-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The VOC required ships to utilise the <a href="/wiki/Brouwer_Route" title="Brouwer Route">Brouwer Route</a> to cross from <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">the Cape</a> to Batavia, enjoying the prevailing westerlies by travelling eastwards until turning north. Turning north too late from a miscalculation in the longitude risked being wrecked on the coast or reefs of Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p54_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p54-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, wishing to call into Western Australia, skipper Jan Steyns ignored VOC directorate and protests from his steersman and headed <a href="/wiki/Points_of_the_compass" title="Points of the compass">east-northeast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_disaster">The disaster</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The disaster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In darkness at 7:30<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. on 9 June 1727 the ship crashed heavily into Half Moon Reef on the western edge of the <a href="/wiki/Pelsaert_Group" title="Pelsaert Group">Pelsaert Group</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Houtman_Abrolhos" title="Houtman Abrolhos">Houtman Abrolhos</a> island group, 60 km (37 mi) west of the future site of <a href="/wiki/Geraldton,_Western_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Geraldton, Western Australia">Geraldton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p55-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The impact dislodged the rudder and snapped off the mainmast,<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p55-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the ship did not break up immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lookout spotted breakers half an hour before the impact but dismissed them as moonlight reflecting off the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p55-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 360px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 360px; height: 360px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="360" data-height="360" data-zoom="5" data-lat="-28.8838" data-lon="113.8134" data-overlays="["_899785ea23fd85486e4158ec5a5402e46e4e09cd"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/5/-28.8838/113.8134/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,-28.8838,113.8134,360x360.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Zeewijk&revid=1252441798&groups=_899785ea23fd85486e4158ec5a5402e46e4e09cd" width="360" height="360" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,5,-28.8838,113.8134,360x360@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Zeewijk&revid=1252441798&groups=_899785ea23fd85486e4158ec5a5402e46e4e09cd 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">The location of the Zeewijk wrecked on 9 June 1727 at Half Moon Reef on the western edge of the <a href="/wiki/Pelsaert_Group" title="Pelsaert Group">Pelsaert Group</a> off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>.</div></div></div> <p>Heavy sea conditions saw at least 10 men drown at the first attempt to launch a boat. After one week a long boat was launched. Later, most of the remaining crew was ferried on the long boat to what would be later known as <a href="/wiki/Gun_Island" title="Gun Island">Gun Island</a>; a flat, rocky, 800 by 350 m (2,620 by 1,150 ft) limestone island located 4 km (2.5 mi) off the reef.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p56_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p56-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From Gun and surrounding islands, the critical commodity of fresh water was available, as well as vegetables, birds and seals that were combined with the ship's goods to sustain the survivors.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the <i>Zeewijk</i> did not break up immediately and goods, including the treasure chests, were transferred to Gun Island, it was obvious to the crew that the ship could never be floated from its position locked into the reef.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p56_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p56-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A rescue group of 11 of the fittest survivors and First Mate Pieter Langeweg set off for Batavia in the longboat on 10 July, but were never heard of again.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p56_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p56-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sodomy_charge">Sodomy charge</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sodomy charge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 December 1727 three of the ship's company reported to the captain that they had found two of the ship's boys, Adriaan Spoor from <a href="/wiki/Sint-Maartensdijk" title="Sint-Maartensdijk">Sint-Maartensdijk</a> and Pieter Engelse from <a href="/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a>, "engaged in <a href="/wiki/Sodomy" title="Sodomy">the gruesome play of Sodom and Gomorrah</a>" together the previous afternoon.<sup id="cite_ref-journal_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After an unsuccessful attempt was made to elicit a confession from the two by putting burning fuses between their fingers, the captain and his council found the boys guilty of having committed sodomy together. They were sentenced to death and marooned, each boy on a separate island, on 2 December.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-journal_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journal-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This event was commemorated by a 2020 exhibition and publication by artist Drew Pettifer at the <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Wilson_Art_Gallery" title="Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery">Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery</a>, entitled <i>A Sorrowful Act: The Wreck of the Zeewijk</i>. Pettifer describes the incident as "the beginning of Australia's European queer history".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a similar case two years earlier, Dutch East India Company sailor <a href="/wiki/Leendert_Hasenbosch" title="Leendert Hasenbosch">Leendert Hasenbosch</a> was marooned on <a href="/wiki/Ascension_Island" title="Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a> in the Atlantic for sodomy, and is presumed to have died of thirst, though his diary was recovered. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Sloepie"><span class="anchor" id="Sloepie"></span>The <i>Sloepie</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Sloepie"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 29 October 1727 the ship's log mentions the intentions of the crew to construct a vessel to carry them to Batavia; the <i>Sloepie</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 November, the keel of the <i>Sloepie</i> was laid down.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p57_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p57-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Utilising materials from the wrecked <i>Zeewijk</i> (including two swivel mounted cannon to protect the treasure from pirates<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p58_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p58-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and local <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangrove</a> timber she became a 20 m (66 ft) long by 6 m (20 ft) wide<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sloop" title="Sloop">sloop</a>, resembling a North Sea fishing vessel.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p58_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p58-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Constructed in 4 months and launched on 28 February 1728, the <i>Sloepie</i> was the first ever European ship built in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p58_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p58-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 March, 88 men set off on the one-month journey to Batavia. Six died on the way, leaving 82 of the initial 208 to arrive in Batavia on 30 April 1728.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p58_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p58-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Batavia's High Court of Justice prosecuted skipper Jan Steyns for losing the <i>Zeewijk</i> and falsifying the ship's records. He lost his position, and salary and property to the VOC.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p59_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p59-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery_and_subsequent_excavation">Discovery and subsequent excavation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discovery and subsequent excavation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Houtman_Abrolhos_WA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Houtman_Abrolhos_WA.jpg/220px-Houtman_Abrolhos_WA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Houtman_Abrolhos_WA.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="245" /></a><figcaption>A 1916 map of the <a href="/wiki/Houtman_Abrolhos" title="Houtman Abrolhos">Houtman Abrolhos</a>, showing the Zeewyk Channel between the <a href="/wiki/Easter_Group" title="Easter Group">Easter Group</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pelsaert_Group" title="Pelsaert Group">Pelsaert Group</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1840 <a href="/wiki/HMS_Beagle" title="HMS Beagle">HMS <i>Beagle</i></a> found relics at the camp site, including a VOC cannon and two coins dated 1707 and 1720 which helped to confirm that the site belonged to the <i>Zeewijk</i>. They named the Zeewyk Channel after the wreck. </p><p>In the 1880s and 1890s a large amount of material was recovered during <a href="/wiki/Guano" title="Guano">guano</a> mining. Items including bottles, coins, wine glasses, jars, pots, spoons, knives, musket and cannonballs, tobacco and pipes<sup id="cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were found. Florance Broadhurst, son of entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Broadhurst" title="Charles Edward Broadhurst">Charles Edward Broadhurst</a> and director of the Broadhurst and McNeil phosphate company, catalogued the finds, initially thinking they were from the VOC ship <i><a href="/wiki/Batavia_(1628_ship)" title="Batavia (1628 ship)">Batavia</a></i> and ended up donating most to the Western Australian Museum in Perth.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p60_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p60-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1952, during a visit to Geraldton, Lieutenant Commander M.R. Bromell of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> learned that rock lobster fisherman Bill Newbold had found a cannon on the sea-bed, and during a subsequent visit, Bromell located a cannon on the leeward side of the Half Moon Reef. After an elephant tusk found two years earlier put him on the trail, in March 1968 journalist and diver Hugh Edwards led divers Max Cramer, Neil McLaghlan and Museum staff Harry Bingham and Dr Colin Jack-Hinton to the seaward side of the reef to find the main wreck site.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeffreys_p61_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeffreys_p61-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Museum" title="Western Australian Museum">Western Australian Museum</a> subsequently conducted several expeditions to survey the site and to recover artefacts, the most notable in 1976 by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg, who also completed a catalogue of all the finds from the site.<sup id="cite_ref-insu78_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-insu78-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ANCODS" title="ANCODS">ANCODS</a> (Australian Netherlands Committee on Old Dutch Shipwrecks)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_of_Oceania#Western_Australia" title="List of shipwrecks of Oceania">List of Western Australian shipwrecks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leendert_Hasenbosch" title="Leendert Hasenbosch">Leendert Hasenbosch</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJeffreys1999" class="citation book cs1">Jeffreys, Max (1999). <i>Murder, Mayhem Fire and Storm: Australian Shipwrecks</i>. New Holland Publishers (Australia). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86436-445-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-86436-445-9"><bdi>1-86436-445-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Murder%2C+Mayhem+Fire+and+Storm%3A+Australian+Shipwrecks&rft.pub=New+Holland+Publishers+%28Australia%29&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=1-86436-445-9&rft.aulast=Jeffreys&rft.aufirst=Max&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZeewijk" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-huygens-zeewijk-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-huygens-zeewijk_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/das/detailVoyage/93762">"The Dutch East India Company's shipping between the Netherlands and Asia 1595-1795"</a>. <i>huygens.knaw.nl</i>. Huygens ING. 2 February 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 February</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=huygens.knaw.nl&rft.atitle=The+Dutch+East+India+Company%27s+shipping+between+the+Netherlands+and+Asia+1595-1795&rft.date=2015-02-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fresources.huygens.knaw.nl%2Fdas%2FdetailVoyage%2F93762&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZeewijk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-measurements-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-measurements_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Measurements quoted in the original Dutch style (lasten and feet) with conversion factors provided by (Ingelman-Sundberg, 1976)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ingelman_76-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ingelman_76_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIngelman-Sundberg1976" class="citation journal cs1">Ingelman-Sundberg, Catharina (1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2328/342/1/1976005018033_FINAL.pdf">"The V.O.C. Ship 'Zeewijk' 1727 report on the 1976 survey of the Site"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Archaeology_(journal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Archaeology (journal)">Australian Archaeology</a></i>. <b>5</b>: 18–33. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F03122417.1976.12093305">10.1080/03122417.1976.12093305</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200417032156/https://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2328/342/1976005018033_FINAL.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 17 April 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Australian+Archaeology&rft.atitle=The+V.O.C.+Ship+%27Zeewijk%27+1727+report+on+the+1976+survey+of+the+Site&rft.volume=5&rft.pages=18-33&rft.date=1976&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F03122417.1976.12093305&rft.aulast=Ingelman-Sundberg&rft.aufirst=Catharina&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdspace.flinders.edu.au%2Fdspace%2Fbitstream%2F2328%2F342%2F1%2F1976005018033_FINAL.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZeewijk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffreys_p55-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p55_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffreys, 1999. p 55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffreys_p54-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p54_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffreys, 1999. p 54.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffreys_p56-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p56_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p56_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p56_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffreys, 1999. p 56.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-journal-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-journal_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-journal_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFvan_der_Graef2014" class="citation book cs1">van der Graef, Adriaen (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/maritime-reports/english-translation-zeewijk-journal-adriaen-van-de-graaff-adriaan-de-jong"><i>The journal by Adriaen van der Graef, under-steersman aboard the Ship Zeewijk. 1726 – 1728</i></a>. Translated by Adriaan de Jong. Western Australian Museum.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+journal+by+Adriaen+van+der+Graef%2C+under-steersman+aboard+the+Ship+Zeewijk.+1726+%E2%80%93+1728&rft.pub=Western+Australian+Museum&rft.date=2014&rft.aulast=van+der+Graef&rft.aufirst=Adriaen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmuseum.wa.gov.au%2Fmaritime-archaeology-db%2Fmaritime-reports%2Fenglish-translation-zeewijk-journal-adriaen-van-de-graaff-adriaan-de-jong&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZeewijk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Australian Shipwrecks - vol1 1622-1850</i>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bateson" title="Charles Bateson">Charles Bateson</a>, AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1972, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-589-07112-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-589-07112-2">0-589-07112-2</a>, p22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPettifer2020" class="citation book cs1">Pettifer, Drew (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.uwa.edu.au/lwag/-/media/documents/lwag/publications/dp-gatefold-access-eversion.pdf"><i>A Sorrowful Act: The Wreck of the Zeewijk</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. University of Western Australia.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Sorrowful+Act%3A+The+Wreck+of+the+Zeewijk&rft.pub=University+of+Western+Australia&rft.date=2020&rft.aulast=Pettifer&rft.aufirst=Drew&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uwa.edu.au%2Flwag%2F-%2Fmedia%2Fdocuments%2Flwag%2Fpublications%2Fdp-gatefold-access-eversion.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZeewijk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffreys_p57-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p57_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffreys, 1999. p 57.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffreys_p58-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p58_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p58_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p58_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p58_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffreys, 1999. p 58.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffreys_p59-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p59_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffreys, 1999. p 59.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffreys_p60-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p60_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffreys, 1999. p 60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeffreys_p61-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jeffreys_p61_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffreys, 1999. p 61.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-insu78-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-insu78_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIngelman-Sundberg1978" class="citation report cs1">Ingelman-Sundberg, C. (1978). Lovell, A.F. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/RELICS%20FROM%20THE%20DUTCH%20EAST%20INDIAMAN%2C%20ZEEWIJK.%20FOUNDED%20IN%201727.pdf">Relics from the Dutch East Indiaman, Zeewijk. Foundered in 1727</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Report). Special Publication. Perth: Western Australian Museum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0724474757" title="Special:BookSources/0724474757"><bdi>0724474757</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0083-873X">0083-873X</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 April</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=Relics+from+the+Dutch+East+Indiaman%2C+Zeewijk.+Foundered+in+1727.&rft.place=Perth&rft.series=Special+Publication&rft.pub=Western+Australian+Museum&rft.date=1978&rft.issn=0083-873X&rft.isbn=0724474757&rft.aulast=Ingelman-Sundberg&rft.aufirst=C.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmuseum.wa.gov.au%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FRELICS%2520FROM%2520THE%2520DUTCH%2520EAST%2520INDIAMAN%252C%2520ZEEWIJK.%2520FOUNDED%2520IN%25201727.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZeewijk" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The wreck on the half-moon reef</i> by Hugh Edwards – the full story of the <i>Zeewijk</i></li> <li>For Swedish readers; historical roman: "KAMPEN mot bränningarna" by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zeewijk&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nederland-australie2006.nl/geschiedenis/au/html/ontdekkingsreizigers_schipbreuk4.html">The Zeewijk (1727)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.helmink.com/Antique_Map_van_Keulen_Houtman/Scans/Houtman%20Abrolhos%20Zeewijk%20Shipwreck/index.html">Antique map of Houtman Abrolhos</a></li></ul> <div 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lost on their maiden voyage">Ships that were lost on their maiden voyage</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Naval ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vasa_(ship)" title="Vasa (ship)"><i>Vasa</i></a> (1628)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galera_Victoria" title="Galera Victoria"><i>Galera Victoria</i></a> (1729)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Georgiana" title="SS Georgiana"><i>Georgiana</i></a> (1863)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flach_(submarine)" title="Flach (submarine)"><i>Flach</i></a> (1866)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SMS_Grosser_Kurf%C3%BCrst_(1875)" title="SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1875)"><i>Grosser Kurfürst</i></a> (1878)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_minesweepers_Inkerman_and_Cerisoles" title="French minesweepers Inkerman and Cerisoles"><i>Cerisoles</i></a> (1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_minesweepers_Inkerman_and_Cerisoles" title="French minesweepers Inkerman and Cerisoles"><i>Inkerman</i></a> (1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck" title="German battleship Bismarck"><i>Bismarck</i></a> (1941)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Shinano" title="Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano"><i>Shinano</i></a> (1944)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Passenger ships<br />and cargo liners</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sea_Venture" title="Sea Venture">Sea Venture</a></i> (1609)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Amazon_(1851)" title="RMS Amazon (1851)"><i>Amazon</i></a> (1851)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Philadelphia_(1854)" title="SS City of Philadelphia (1854)"><i>City of Philadelphia</i></a> (1854)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Era_(1854_ship)" title="New Era (1854 ship)"><i>New Era</i></a> (1854)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Tayleur" title="RMS Tayleur"><i>Tayleur</i></a> (1854)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Willem_III" title="SS Willem III"><i>Willem III</i></a> (1871)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Geltwood" title="Geltwood">Geltwood</a></i> (1875)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Friedrich_der_Grosse" title="SS Friedrich der Grosse"><i>Friedrich der Grosse</i></a> (1896/1922)</li> <li>RMS <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">Titanic</a></i> (1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Honolulu" title="SS City of Honolulu"><i>City of Honolulu</i></a> (1896/1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Georges_Philippar" title="MS Georges Philippar"><i>Georges Philippar</i></a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Magdalena_(1948)" title="RMS Magdalena (1948)"><i>Magdalena</i></a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Hans_Hedtoft" title="MS Hans Hedtoft"><i>Hans Hedtoft</i></a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MS_Zenobia" title="MS Zenobia"><i>Zenobia</i></a> (1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cargo ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Batavia_(1628_ship)" title="Batavia (1628 ship)"><i>Batavia</i></a> (1629)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vansittart_(1718_EIC_ship)" title="Vansittart (1718 EIC ship)"><i>Vansittart</i></a> (1719)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>2</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortuyn_(1722)" title="Fortuyn (1722)"><i>Fortuyn</i></a> (1723)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Zeewijk</a></i> (1727)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amsterdam_(1748)" title="Amsterdam (1748)"><i>Amsterdam</i></a> (1749)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Captain_(1772_ship)" title="Royal Captain (1772 ship)"><i>Royal Captain</i></a> (1773)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartwell_(1787_ship)" title="Hartwell (1787 ship)"><i>Hartwell</i></a> (1787)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>2</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Green_(1829_ship)" title="George Green (1829 ship)"><i>George Green</i></a> (1830)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrier_Pigeon_(ship)" title="Carrier Pigeon (ship)"><i>Carrier Pigeon</i></a> (1852)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schomberg_(1855)" title="Schomberg (1855)"><i>Schomberg</i></a> (1855)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Irex" title="SS Irex"><i>Irex</i></a> (1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Dumaru" title="SS Dumaru"><i>Dumaru</i></a> (1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Hastier_(1919)" title="SS Hastier (1919)"><i>Hastier</i></a> (1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Vinnen_(barquentine)" title="Adolf Vinnen (barquentine)"><i>Adolf Vinnen</i></a> (1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Frost" title="SS Empire Frost"><i>Empire Frost</i></a> (1941)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Michael_E" title="SS Michael E"><i>Michael E</i></a> (1941)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Alexander_Macomb" title="SS Alexander Macomb"><i>Alexander Macomb</i></a> (1942)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Clough" title="SS Empire Clough"><i>Empire Clough</i></a> (1942)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Empire_Drum" title="MV Empire Drum"><i>Empire Drum</i></a> (1942)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1, 2</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Dryden" title="SS Empire Dryden"><i>Empire Dryden</i></a> (1942)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1, 2</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_George_Calvert_(1942)" title="SS George Calvert (1942)"><i>George Calvert</i></a> (1942)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Stephen_Hopkins" title="SS Stephen Hopkins"><i>Stephen Hopkins</i></a> (1942)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Florizel" title="SS Empire Florizel"><i>Empire Florizel</i></a> (1943)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SS_John_Morgan" title="SS John Morgan"><i>John Morgan</i></a> (1943)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>1</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penlee_lifeboat_disaster" title="Penlee lifeboat disaster"><i>Union Star</i></a> (1981)<span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>2</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Ranga" title="MV Ranga"><i>Ranga</i></a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MV_Reijin" title="MV Reijin"><i>Reijin</i></a> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Racing yachts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USC%26GS_Eagre" title="USC&GS Eagre"><i>Mohawk</i></a> (1876)</li></ul> 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