Vergulde Draeck

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 search and rescue missions to locate them, the remaining survivors were never found. The wreck was rediscovered in 1963.

References

cite book
last = Henderson
first = James A.
authorlink =
title = Marooned: The Wreck of the Vergulde Draeck and the Abandonment and Escape from the Southland of Abraham Leeman in 1658
publisher = St. George Books
date = 1982
pages =
doi =
isbn = 0867780185

External links

* [http://www.vocshipwrecks.nl/out_voyages3/vergulde_draak.html VOC Shipwrecks - Vergulde Draeck]
* [http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/collections/maritime/march/shipwrecks/Metro/verdra/vergulded.html Museum Site] on the Vergulde Draeck
* [http://members.iinet.net.au/~tjv/public_html/voc/vergulde.html Site of the VOC Ship Vergulde Draeck sunk off Western Australia]


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