Offshore, WA: Shipwreck

Event Details
Event Title	Offshore, WA: Shipwreck
Event Category	Flash Floods
GLIDE Number
Event Start Date	04/04/1656
Event End Date	04/04/1656
Duration of Event	0 day/s

Location
Zone	Offshore
Region	Coastal Waters
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Human Casualties
People Killed	186
People Injured
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People Evacuated

Property Damaged	Damaged	Destroyed
Ships		1

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Total Cost	$0.00



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Information Sources
Source/s	Publication/Report - Wrecks in Australian Waters, by Jack Loney, 1978 Publication/Report - Australian & New Zealand Shipwrecks & Sea Tragedies by Hugh Edwards", 1978 Publication/Report - Australia's Worst Disasters (Heinmann Library series)
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A navigational error brought the demise of the 'Vergulde Draeck' (Gilt Dragon), bound for Batavia, when she crashed into limestone reefs off the coast. 118 drowned on the reef and 68/75 survivors landed ashore in two of her boats or by clinging to drifting wreckage. After a short rest, seven of the survivors set out for Batavia which they reached two months later. Two vessels were sent south to search for the survivors but no trace of them was ever found. One of the ships, 'Goede Koop', lost a boat and 11 men in a rescue attempt of the Vergulde Draeck (see related event for 'Goede Koop').