This is the information page about the shipwreck Hollandia, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 49 53.695 N,6 23.639 W (49.894917, -6.393983)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: HOLLANDIA

Length 45.7 meter, width: 12.2 meter, tonnage 1150 ton
Load: metal: concentrate and products,general and mixed goods,non-ferrous elements and ores: unrefined and refined,animals (land & sea) and birds

Cause: vessel, built in 1742 in amsterdam, was on her maiden voyage from amsterdam to batavia in the far east when she may have struck the gunners before sinking near george peter's ledge. (shipwreck index of the british isles).

Year of registration: 1971

Water depth above wreck: 26 meter

Known since: 1971, last detected: 2004

Details measurements/cartography: H2568/71 14.11.73 H2568/71 14.11.73 LOCATED 1971 IN 495341.0N, 062337W BY MR COWAN. SITE POSN QUOTED CONSISTS OF A FEW CANNON AND SOME LEAD BALLAST IN ABOUT 30MTRS. THE MAIN PART OF THE WRECK LIES 200FT N OF THIS POSN AND ALTHOUGH ONLY A FEW CANNON AND ANCHORS CAN NOW BE SEEN THIS SITE HAS ALREADY PRODUCED MANY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF TREASURE INCLUDING 30,000 SILVER COINS [150,000 COINS STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR]. WRECK OWNED BY MR COWAN AND OTHER DIVERS DISCOURAGED. HE HAS REQUESTED THAT THE POSN OF THE SITE IS NOT MADE PUBLIC UNTIL OPERATIONS ARE COMPLETE. (HMS HECATE, REPORT OF SURVEY, APPENDIX 2, 16.7.73). NCA. POSN FOR FILING ONLY. HH100/351/19 18.2.03 HH100/351/19 18.2.03 FOLLOWING ENQUERIES WITH RECEIVER OF WRECK: MR COWAN WAS NEVER OWNER OF WRECK, NOR SALVOR IN POSSESSION. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 13.2.03) LIES IN 35MTRS. OWNED BY ROYAL NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT. THERE WAS A SALVAGE CONTRACT FOR SOME YEARS IN THE 70'S, BUT NONE OF LATE. (J ROSEVEARE, E-MAIL DTD 18.2.03) NCA. HH100/351/21 27.7.04 HH100/351/21 27.7.04 LOCATED IN 4953.695N, 0623.639W [WGD] USING DGPS & MAGNETOMETER. (J ROSEVEARE/G FURSE TELECON 12.7.04) INS AS F. BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Commentaar onderzoeker: EAST INDIAMAN

Position: 49 53.695 N,6 23.639 W

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