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Australia locates 19th century Dutch merchant ship

Australia locates 19th century Dutch merchant ship

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 14, 2025 | Maritime research, News, Shipwreck

Researchers in Australia are confident they have located the shipwreck site of Koning Willem de Tweede. This 800-tonne Dutch merchant sailing ship was lost in Guichen Bay near Robe, South Australia, in June 1857. The researchers are affiliated with the Australian...
VIDEO: Wreck of Dutch submarine identified in Australia

VIDEO: Wreck of Dutch submarine identified in Australia

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 24, 2025 | News, Shipwreck, Submarines

The Western Australian Museum has identified the wreck of a skuttled Dutch submarine in Rottnest Ships’ Graveyard. It is that of HNLMS K XI, a World War II Royal Netherlands Navy class patrol submarine. Head of Maritime Heritage at the WA Museum, Corioli Souter, said...
Archaeologists find remains of 1573 IJ shipping blockade

Archaeologists find remains of 1573 IJ shipping blockade

by Mariska Buitendijk | Dec 2, 2024 | News, Shipwreck

Remains of the shipping blockade from the Eighty Years’ War in the IJ of 1573 have been found. At the time, shipwrecks were used to block access to the IJ. After the 2023 campaign, which revealed no traces of the blockade, specialists decided to make one more...
Sunken Dutch submarines in Malaysia investigated

Sunken Dutch submarines in Malaysia investigated

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 8, 2024 | Navy, News, Shipwreck, Submarines, Survey

A team of maritime archaeologists from the National Cultural Heritage Agency and military personnel from the Royal Netherlands Navy conducted research from 15 June to 1 July 2024 on two submarines sunk in Malaysian waters during World War II. The submarine HNLMS O20...
X-Press Pearl removed from Sri Lankan waters

X-Press Pearl removed from Sri Lankan waters

by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 19, 2024 | Maritime accidents, News, Salvage

According to X-Press Feeders, former operators of the container ship X-Press Pearl, the forward section of the wreck has now left Sri Lankan waters. The shipwreck was lifted aboard the semi-submersible GPO Amethyst. The section is now en route to a certified...
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