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Five sailing ships at sea together.

Down on 12 November

On this day in history the following ships were wrecked:

  • Delfshaven († 1633, 392 years ago)
    Teluk Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Keizerin († 1640, 385 years ago)
    Herradura, Cuba
  • Arion († 1714, 311 years ago)
    Zuid Chinese zee
  • Huibertje (SCH 242) († 1917, 108 years ago)
    Noordzee, tussen Scheveningen en Ijmuiden, Netherlands
  • USS Erie († 1942, 83 years ago)
    Willemstad, Netherlands
  • Veerhaven († 1942, 83 years ago)
    Atlantische Oceaan
  • Tirpitz († 1944, 81 years ago)
    Håkøya, Norway
frames on the seabed - Go to Featured

Featured

This theme focuses on MaSS shipwrecks that reveal unexpected insights from new research, discoveries, or renewed attention.

photo of a meadow, with a stick with a ship on it on the right - Go to Wrecks of Flevoland

Wrecks of Flevoland

The Zuiderzee played an important role in the economy of the Low Countries since reaching its largest size in the Late Middle Ages.

photo of five sailing ships, with red and blue sails. They are sailing on the water - Go to 13 Provinces

13 Provinces

In the '13 Provinces' project, volunteers and students uncover the extensive and varied maritime history of the Netherlands through local research.

Model of five shipwrecks from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that sank on the Burgzand, the Texel Roads - Go to Burgzand Noord

Burgzand Noord

In the Wadden Sea lies the national monument Burgzand Noord, a location where sixteen historic shipwrecks from the 16th till 18th centuries have been preserved.

photo of the top view of two divers on the bottom of the sea near a shipwreck - Go to Dutch Presence in Cuba

Dutch Presence in Cuba

An overview of sites that are linked to the project 'Dutch Presence in Cuban Waters'

photo of a painting of a mountain in the distance, surrounded by water in which a few sailboats are sailing - Go to Dutch wrecks in South Africa

Dutch wrecks in South Africa

Dutch shipwrecks in South Africa

impression of a Roman bridge (Trier) - Go to Antiquity

Antiquity

An overview of hipwrecks and sites from antiquity and prehistory.

photo of the side of a ship from the first world war - Go to World War I

World War I

An overview of ships that sank during World War I.

black and white photo of a submarine floating on the water, there are people on it - Go to World War II

World War II

An overview of ships that sank during World War II.

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Dutch East Indiaman

Ships of the Dutch East India Company.

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Sunken Treasures

From 7 September 2019 till 28 June 2020, the Princessehof presents the exhibition Sunken Treasures: Secrets of the Maritime Silk Road.

a photo of reconstructions of various types of longboats made by the Vikingeskibsmuseet in Roskilde sailing together. - Go to Nordic ship building tradition

Nordic ship building tradition

Nordic or Scandinavian ship building tradition (keel ships) In the early and high middle ages, shipping in the north of Europe was largely dominated by a type of ship that we could consider to be pa…

A photo of the Pesse canoe in the Drenths Museum - Go to Logboats

Logboats

Logboats or dugout canoes are the archetype of boat types. The logboat is the oldest type of vessel that is in use in many places around the world until today.