Research
A Dutch wreck of a different stripe Lost off South Australia: Koning Willem de Tweede
In April, staff from the museum and its research partner the Silentworld Foundation visited Robe, South Australia, to liaise with the community ahead of a planned shipwreck survey later this year. The focus of the survey is to locate and identify the wreck site of Koning Willem de Tweede, a Dutch ship lost near Robe in June 1857. Curator of Naval Heritage and Archaeology, Dr James Hunter, and Silentworld Foundation’s maritime archaeological conservator, Heather Berry, share the results of their trip.
Australian National Maritime Museum
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