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Archaeologists are sure Australia’s coast 168 years ago.
In June 1857, Koning Wilem de Tweede was lost near Hara, Australia, killed 16 of 25 crew members.
This week, the “Significant Opening” was announced by the National Australian Museum and the SilentWorld Foundation after a four -year search.
Staying “connects us to the stories of trade and migration by throwing more than 400 Chinese miners a few days before it is immersed,” the museum said on social media.
Archaeologists reveal a centuries -old shipwreck under the ancient city: “Unique Knowledge Source”
Picture Koning Willem de Twede, 800-ton Dutch trading ship, which drowned off the Australian coast 168 years ago. (Australian National Sea Museum)
James Hunter, acting as head of maritime archeology at the Australian National Maritime Museum, said on Wednesday the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) that archaeologists have discovered several components of the ship, including its windy device that raises and reduces the equipment to the ship.
“We looked at things like the depth of the ship – the project – and we looked at the depth of the water in which it is sitting, and that everything seems to be well lined up,” he said ABC about the confidence that they found the last place.
He added that the researchers also found a “magnetic anomaly” that has the same length as a 140-foot ship.
The museum said that the find was cooperation with the Silentworld Foundation, a non -profit organization that supports submarine archeology, and in the South Australian environment, water and Flonders.
A component of the ship was found on the seafloor. (Australian National Sea Museum)
“This is a significant opening with the support of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Cultural Heritage Agency, the culminating of special studies since 2022,” the Facebook museum said on Tuesday. “A future monitoring visits are planned for further assessment of the site and revealing more of this important part Marine History. ”
“When the weather was good enough, they conducted a poll, looking for a crash,” Facebook Silentworld said on Wednesday. “The last visit to the robe, together with the team listed above, led to the likely identification of the shipwreck. Visibility was difficult, but still enough to make this incredible call!”
Diver, who studies the wreck of Koning Willem de TVD. (Australian National Sea Museum)
The hunter said ABC that the ship may have recruited at the seafloor and was buried in the sand.
The team thought she found a crash three years ago, but Hunter said that the sand had made visibility.
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“Nothing is required to move the sand, and he sits in the suspension almost like you in a snowstorm,” he said.
