Zeewijk
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 Dutch Republic
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| Name: | Zeewijk |
| Namesake: | Buitenplaats Zeewijk |
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| Completed: | 1725 |
| Fate: | Wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos on 9 June 1727 |
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| Type: | East Indiaman |
| Tonnage: | 275.8 tons |
| Length: | 41.0 m (134.5 ft) |
| Crew: | 212 seamen and soldiers |
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Coordinates: 28°54′30″S 113°49′0″E / 28.90833°S 113.81667°E The Zeewijk (or Zeewyk) was an 18th-century East Indiaman of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) that was shipwrecked at the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia, on 9 June 1727. The survivors built a second ship, the Sloepie, enabling 82 out of the initial crew of 208 to reach their initial destination of Batavia on 30 April 1728. Since the 19th century many objects were found near the wreck site, which are now in the Western Australian Museum. The shipwreck itself was found in 1968 by divers.
The Zeewijk was built in 1725 with a tonnage of 140 lasten (275.8 t) and dimensions 145 feet (44 m) long by 36 feet (11 m) wide. It carried 36 iron and bronze guns, and 6 swivel guns. A new ship of the Zeeland Chamber of the VOC, her maiden voyage was from Vlissingen (Netherlands) to Batavia (now Jakarta, Indonesia) departing in November 1726. Upon departure 208 seamen and soldiers were aboard, as well as a cargo of general building supplies and 315 836 guilders in 10 chests. Jan Steyns from Middelburg was the skipper, in his first command, replacing Jan Bogaard who was too sick to sail.
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