US Edition170-Year-Old Dutch Shipwreck Confirmed Off South Australian Coast
- Researchers confirmed the wreck of the Koning Willem de Tweede, a Dutch ship that sank in 1857 off Robe, South Australia, during a storm.
- The ship ran aground after discharging over 400 Chinese miners during the Victorian gold rush and was stranded for two weeks by poor weather.
- Diving efforts between 2022 and 2023 faced poor visibility from sand suspension, but protruding wreck parts like the windlass confirmed the site 400 meters offshore in Guichen Bay.
- Dr Hunter said the ship broke within thirty minutes of grounding, indicating waves up to six metres, and called the discovery “a very interesting story from a shared Australian-Dutch maritime heritage perspective.”
- The wreck highlights Chinese migration history during the gold rush and prompts plans for further investigation to unveil more heritage from the site near Robe’s coastline.
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Shipwreck found nearly 170 years after disaster struck
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Final resting site of 168-year-old Dutch shipwreck may have been found
SA Principal Maritime Heritage Officer Mark Polzer probes the seabed with a metal detector. Photo: RUUD STELTEN The site of a Dutch merchant sailing ship lost for almost 170 years in South Australian waters may have been found. The Koning Willem de Tweede was an 800-tonne Dutch merchant sailing ship that was lost in Guichen Bay near Robe, South Australia, in June 1857. Just days before its loss, more than 400 Chinese miners headed for t…
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