Brod Koning Vlima de Tavid is missing a Rob in Australia in June 1857. year, when 16 out of a total of 25 crew members were killed, and now archaeologists believe they found his wreck.
This Significant Discovery this Sunday published the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Salantvorld Foundation, after four-year searches.
With Maritime History Unearthed! A Collab Between @Sea.museum, @silentworldaus & others has likely to find the Koning Willem de Tweede (Lost 1857). Dutch Ship with links to early migration. #Shipwreckproject #Koningwillemdetweede pic.twitter.com/fnv2ayizdc
– Australian National Maritime Museum (@Seamuseum_) May 7, 2025
“The discovery associates us with stories about trade and migration, given that only a few days before the sinking ship disembarked more than 400 Chinese mines,” the museum on social networks.
James Hunter, the acting manager of maritime archeology in the Australian National Maritime Museum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that archaeologists discovered more parts of the ship, including the winch used to raise and lower the equipment, which pours from the sea.
“This significant discovery, supported by the Netherlands Foreign Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is the climax of dedicated research that lasts from 2022. years,” said in the Museum on Facebook on Tuesday.
Future visits are planned for the monitoring of the site and further detection of this important part of the maritime history, stands in the announcement.
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“I Nearly Rammed My Face Into The Windlass!” Dr James Hunter Recounts The Thrilling Moment in The Search for The Koning Willem de Tweede Shipwreck.Read all about this exciting Find: https://t.co/vfxqnwudza
Image Credit: Ruud Stelten. pic.twitter.com/hal9jfhozi
– Australian National Maritime Museum (@Seamuseum_) May 11, 2025
Hunter told ABC that the ship may have hit the seabed and then covered the sand.
The team thought he found a wreck three years ago, but Hunter explained that sand made his visibility difficult.
(Vijesti.ba)
