Vliegend Hert and the Anna Catharina

Here is a map of the wrecksites of two ships of the VOC  . Both sank in front of the city of Vlissingen ( Flushing ) in the Povince of Zeeland  ( the Netherlands )   The ship Vliegend Hert was salvaged by Rex Cowan ( UK) but the Anna Catharina is still there exactly as the map tells you on a sandbank 2 miles off the city .  Cornelius

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,4045.msg27249.html#msg27249

Hunting Zeeland beaches can sometimes produce very old coins.

Found medieval and even roman coins here on the Belgian beaches.

I'm not so far from Vlissingen. So I might try again some day...



Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,4045.msg27275.html#msg27275

Yes Christian there is a lot more information available about the Anna Catharina . We know about the cargo , the place of wrecking . the date of wrecking . In order to salvage her you have to talk to the Dutch institutions . There was a lot of gold on board the Vliegend Hert and the same amount was on board the Anna Catharina . I think that a well establishd salvage company can talk to the people here and get a permit .  Regards  Cornelius

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,4045.msg27292.html#msg27292

My dear salvage friends   :   On February the 3d 1745 both ships raised their anchor around 2 oclock in the afternoon . That day it was the low part of high-tide .The scipper and the pilots had calculated that around 8 oclock in the evening it should be high tide  . This would be enough water hight to take the last hirdle and make it possible to pass the sand banks in the channel to the ocean . Because of the East wind however the tide was lower than what was expected . Besides because of the same wind the ships arrived at the banks sooner than was expected . Coming at the  ,, drempel van Deurlo ,, it was found that there was not enough water under the shipa to pass over the banks . Because of large waves  the ships could not anchor to wait for the higher tide .  At 5 oclock the  Vliegend Hert got stuck at the  ,, drempel van Deurlo ,, while a bit later also the Anna Catharina ran aground . The A C was probably badly dammaged because she was swallowed up by the waves within half an hour . The V H got off the sand bank at 9 oclock that evening . She sailed to a deeper place where she sank at 11 oclock  . No man was saved from either ship . As I mentioned before the VH was salvaged by Rex Cowan  but the AC was never salvaged  . The reaso herefor was that Rex did not play fair with the Dutch government . The Dutch government decided that no more salvage should take place . On board these ships was a treasure of 70.000 Dutch Florins in the form of Gold dubloons  ( as the picture shows )  . Don't make a mistake  , you have to multiply this amount by 100 X in order to get the value of today .   Regards  Cornelius

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,4045.msg27348.html#msg27348

I wonder why no one has tried to salvage this one??

Linkback:

You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login

http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,4045.msg27441.html#msg27441