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285:Background
206:113°49′0″E
203:28°54′30″S
141:275.8 tons
1328:Michael E
1280:Schomberg
1240:Amsterdam
1173:Magdalena
1039:Cerisoles
1015:Georgiana
901:0083-873X
685:: 18–33.
510:HMS
359:Geraldton
100:Completed
1256:Hartwell
1132:Geltwood
1055:Bismarck
1047:Inkerman
906:26 April
704:17 April
695:Archived
553:See also
508:In 1840
501:and the
463:mangrove
330:the Cape
315:guilders
162:Armament
69:Namesake
1304:Hastier
1232:Zeewijk
1224:Fortuyn
1208:Batavia
1189:Zenobia
1149:Titanic
1116:Tayleur
1108:New Era
1063:Shinano
928:Zeewijk
533:Batavia
517:Zeewijk
479:Zeewijk
471:Sloepie
459:Zeewijk
455:Sloepie
451:Sloepie
444:Sloepie
389:Zeewijk
353:of the
311:Jakarta
302:Zeewijk
275:Batavia
270:Sloepie
259:at the
243:of the
230:Zeewijk
191:Zeewijk
138:Tonnage
114:on the
112:Wrecked
92:Zeeland
75:Zeewijk
63:Zeewijk
40:History
34:Zeewijk
1438:(1876)
1435:Mohawk
1419:(1988)
1416:Reijin
1411:(1982)
1403:(1981)
1395:(1943)
1387:(1943)
1379:(1942)
1371:(1942)
1363:(1942)
1355:(1942)
1347:(1942)
1339:(1942)
1331:(1941)
1323:(1941)
1315:(1923)
1307:(1919)
1299:(1918)
1296:Dumaru
1291:(1890)
1283:(1855)
1275:(1852)
1267:(1830)
1259:(1787)
1251:(1773)
1243:(1749)
1235:(1727)
1227:(1723)
1219:(1719)
1211:(1629)
1192:(1980)
1184:(1959)
1176:(1949)
1168:(1932)
1152:(1912)
1135:(1875)
1127:(1871)
1119:(1854)
1111:(1854)
1103:(1854)
1095:(1851)
1092:Amazon
1087:(1609)
1066:(1944)
1058:(1941)
1050:(1918)
1042:(1918)
1034:(1878)
1026:(1866)
1018:(1863)
1010:(1729)
1002:(1628)
899:
889:
792:
590:
559:ANCODS
512:Beagle
347:
236:Zeewyk
146:Length
1408:Ranga
1023:Flach
883:(PDF)
813:(PDF)
796:, p22
698:(PDF)
673:(PDF)
602:Notes
524:guano
467:sloop
406:Ghent
305:from
249:Dutch
80:Owner
1288:Irex
1146:RMS
999:Vasa
908:2021
897:ISSN
887:ISBN
790:ISBN
706:2020
627:2020
588:ISBN
442:The
300:The
233:(or
227:The
154:Crew
128:Type
108:Fate
103:1725
59:Name
687:doi
1461::
895:.
830:^
784:,
757:^
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644:^
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251::
170:6
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969:t
962:v
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