We found the following lists and links on a website by Koen van den Dries.  In the listing of links below we include only those vessels which were lost in Asian waters; please refer to the original website[s] for further information.

Approximately 1500 vessels were built for the VOC in the nearly 200 years' of its existence. 336 merchant ships were built by the "Kamer van Zeeland" of which more than 100 did not survive the arduous journeys. These ships were wrecked and left a historical trail that has interested people ever since.

This page contains a listing of and internet links to more than 145 VOC wrecksites of ships from any of the Kamers. Please contribute by e-mailing any relevant information you may have.

Thanks, Northallerton, UK.

In alphabetical order:

Total # wrecks = 147

By geographical location:

Year	Ship's name	Where	Found	Internet links
East-Indies + Asia
1606	Nassau	Straits of Malacca, Port Dickson	1963	http://www.alang.ukm.my/kamal/nassau.htm http://web.singnet.com.sg/~twells/news012.htm
1606	Walcheren (1)	Ternate, Indonesie
1633	Kemphaan	Cochin Coast, Vietnam		http://www.thingsasian.com/article/hoard/shipwrecks.htm
1635	Grootbroek	Cochin Coast, Vietnam		http://www.thingsasian.com/article/hoard/shipwrecks.htm
1636	Keizerin	Bay of Padaran, Coast of Champa, Vietnam		http://www.thingsasian.com/article/hoard/shipwrecks.htm
1651	Delft	Between Batavia & Taiwan		http://www.anwb.nl/anwb.exe/yogV0rGd/vocdel.htm
1653	De Sperwer	Cheju Island, Korea		http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl/Dutch/pag2.htm
1658	De Molen	Ceylon		de_molen.html
1659	Avondster	Sri Lanka	1993	http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/galle5.htm http://www.barnes1.net/ http://www.hum.uva.nl/galle/avondster/avhist1.htm Features (Untouched treasures in watery graves by Asiff Hussein)
1661	Hercules	Bay of Galle, Sri Lanka	1992	http://www.hum.uva.nl/galle/wrecks/hercules/hhist1.htm
1663	Dolfijn	Bay of Galle, Sri Lanka	1993	http://www.hum.uva.nl/galle/wrecks/dolfijn/dhist1.htm
1674	Gouden Leeuw	Tiger Islands, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam		http://www.thingsasian.com/article/hoard/shipwrecks.htm
1676	Van Hoot	Sumatra
1727	Risdam	Mersing, East coast of Malaysia	1984, Mike Hatcher	Destroyed with explosives after Mike's cook sold the position to others when it was first found.
1734	Barbesteyn	Bay of Galle, Sri Lanka		http://www.hum.uva.nl/galle/wrecks/index.htm#barbesteijn
1735	Alblasserdam	Ca Mau, Vietnam
1748	Nieuwekerke	Tukang, Indonesie	1996
1752	Geldermalsen	Admiral Stellingwerf Reef, South China Sea	1985, Mike Hatcher	http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/1095/geldermalsen.htm http://www.wrecksalvage.com/nfe/s2.html
1772	Rijnsburgh	Macau, China		http://www.naufragios.com.br/asia_mdf.htm
1775	Geinwens	Bay of Galle, Sri Lanka	1993	http://www.hum.uva.nl/galle/wrecks/index.htm#geinwens
1804	Drenthe	Tukangbesi Archipelago (Sulawesi)
??	Terschelling	Bengale
Unknown
1626	Middelburg (2)	Last seen near St Helena fighting with Portuguese.
1729	's Graveland	Lost between The Cape and The Netherlands
1742	Enkhuizen	Lost between The Cape and The Netherlands

 

Other websites with listings of VOC shipwrecks:

http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/index.html

http://www.voyages.co.za/shipwrecks.htm

http://www.merchantships.bizland.com

http://www.arrakis.es/~histres/nesp2.htm

http://www.gotheborg.com/linkship.htm

English East India Ships: http://www.eicships.info/

 

VOC History websites / Musea:

http://allserv.rug.ac.be/%7Esdconinc/VOC/B@taviaE.htm

http://www.londoh.com/voc_links.htm

http://www.archief.nl/rad/links/maritiem.htm#voc

http://www.texelsmaritiem.nl/voc/voc.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/26488/en/index.php3?tqskip=1

http://www.atem.nl/VOC/VOC000.HTM

http://www.texelsmaritiem.nl/

 

VOC Bibliographies:

http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/indo/nedbib.html

http://nautarch.tamu.edu/nautbibl/postmed.htm

http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/edocs/parks/dutchbib.htm

400 Year VOC

http://voc.artitec.nl/

I am grateful to the followings persons for contributing to the compilation of this website:

Baszley Bee, Department of History, National University of Malaysia, http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/Terminus/lautan/

Edward Bourke, Ireland.

Hans Eelman, Texel, Nederland, http://www.abeltasman.org/eelman.html

Martin, Australia.

Peter Holt, Plymouth, Devon, http://www.threeh.demon.co.uk

Henny Savenije, Korea, http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl

Martin Woodward, The Isle of Wight Shipwreck Centre, http://www.isle-of-wight.uk.com/shipwrecks/index.htm

Please send any information you may have to Koen van den Dries, Northallerton, UK.

Last updated 10 Maret 2005