Wreck of Rooswijk
United Kingdom
- Position
- About 51.2° N, 1.5° E (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect a protected site
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
Officially designated: protected shipwreck (Section 1).
Legal basis: protected shipwreck (Section 1).
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 90%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
The Rooswijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈroːsʋɛik]) was a ship belonging to the VOC (Dutch East India Company) that, according to recent, non-contemporary, news reports, sank in 1740. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England.
History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
About this wreck
Rooswijk is a recorded shipwreck site. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.
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