VERGULDE DRAECK

The '''Vergulde Draeck''' (Gilded Dragon) was a Dutch merchant ship of the seventeenth century. It left from Texel bound for Batavia (now Jakarta), but on 28 April 1656 was wrecked off Ledge Point, 107 km north of what is now Perth, Western Australia. 75 survivors (of 193 originally on board) made it to shore and dispatched a small boat to Batavia to call for help, but despite three missions to locate them, the remaining survivors were never found. The wreck was rediscovered in 1963.

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★ VOC Shipwrecks - Vergulde Draeck

★ Museum Site on the Vergulde Draeck

★ Site of the VOC Ship Vergulde Draeck sunk off Western Australia

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