Wreck of Vergulde Draeck
Australia
- Position
- About 31.2° S, 115.4° E (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised as a precaution
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
The year of loss is not recorded, so its age and protection status cannot be verified.
How this was decided: Seadar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 50%. When in doubt, Seadar generalises the position.
Vergulde Draeck (pronounced [vɛrˈɣʏldə ˈdraːk]), also spelled Vergulde Draak and Vergulde Draek (meaning Gilt Dragon), was a 38.78-metre (127.2 ft), 260 ton jacht ('yacht') bought in 1653 by the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, commonly abbreviated to VOC). The ship was lost off the coast of Western Australia in 1656, with a minority of her crew reaching shore, and only seven subsequently reaching civilization. The wreck was the first example of a VOC ship to be discovered off the coast of Australia. Archaeological investigations were started in 1972, with further work being done in 1981 and 1983. Though there is very little assembled hull structure remaining, what has been studied suggests that there was only one skin of structural hull planking, unlike the larger Indiamen, which usually had two layers.
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