Replica of the Amsterdam at the Netherlands Maritime Museum

The VOC ship Amsterdam ran aground near Hastings, England in January 1749, on its maiden voyage to Batavia. The ship sank to a depth of 6m, and soon sunk into the mud. VOC ship Amsterdam. ... VOC ship Amsterdam. ... Hastings is a town and local government district in South East England, in the county of East Sussex. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... This page is about the capital city of Indonesia. ...

In 1969, the Amsterdam was discovered after being exposed by a low spring tide. It is the best-preserved VOC ship ever found. Archeologist Peter Marsden did the first surveying of the wreck, and he advised further excavation. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Dutch colonial possessions, with the Dutch East India Company possessions marked in a paler green, surrounding the Indian Ocean plus Saint Helena in the mid-Atlantic. ...

The VOC Ship Amsterdam Foundation started researching the wreck, followed by major excavations in 1984, 1985 and 1986, during which huge numbers of artifacts were found. The archeological output was so dense, that new ways of researching needed to be developed, all of which were needed to understand the technological, socio-economic and cultural features of the VOC.

A replica was built in Amsterdam, 1985-1990; it is part of the Netherlands Maritime Museum. Municipality of Amsterdam Alternate meanings: See Amsterdam Amsterdam  listen is the capital of the Netherlands. ...