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Amsterdam (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ⓘ) was an 18th-century cargo ship of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC). [3] The ship started its maiden voyage from Texel to Batavia on 8 January 1749, but was wrecked in a storm on the English Channel on 26 January 1749.
The Maritime Museum (Dutch: Het Scheepvaartmuseum, pronounced [ət ˈsxeːpfaːrtmyˌzeːjʏm]) is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The museum had 419,060 visitors in 2012. [ 5 ] It ranked as 11th most visited museum in the Netherlands in 2013. [ 6 ]
Amsterdam (1716) was a 400-last (791 tonnes or 1.7 million pounds) ship that sailed to the East Indies five times, returning the last time on 13 July 1731. [1] [2] Amsterdam (1740) was a 425-last (840 tonnes or 1.9 million pounds) ship that perished with all hands lost at the Shetland Islands in 1742 returning from Batavia. [1] [2]
Het Wapen van Amsterdam; J. Jamestown (ship) S. Sinking of MS Þormóður This page was last edited on 3 July 2023, at 04:33 (UTC). Text ...
The Shipwreck Museum is an independent charitable museum in the historic Old Town of Hastings, UK. The museum has artefacts from many ships wrecked in the English Channel from the Goodwin Sands in Kent to Pevensey Bay in East Sussex , including the Amsterdam , a Dutch East Indiaman of 1749, and the Anne of 1690, a warship of Charles II .
An old shipwreck, believed to be the World War I vessel the SS Tobol, has been uncovered off the northeast coast of Scotland, solving what discoverers say is a "107-year-old maritime mystery."
Holland America Line is kicking off its Alaska cruise season this weekend, with its Nieuw Amsterdam ship departing the Port of Seattle Saturday. Princess Cruises will follow suit Sunday when the ...
(A) Vrijheid. 46 guns (1651), 134 ft x 34 ft x 13.25 ft – the largest ship built for the Admiralty of Amsterdam since the early part of the 17th Century. she took part in the Battle of Portland (Feb/March 1653) and was Vice-Adm Witte de With's flagship in the Battle of Scheveningen (Aug 1653); she blew up and sank in action at the Battle of ...