Akerendam
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The
Dutch East India company ship Akerendam had left from the
island Texel in the Netherlands 19.January 1725 with two
other vessels, bound for Batavia. But under a snow storm
in the North Sea she lost her fellowship and was forced
northwards all the way to Runde. She carried 19 cases of
coin designated for the far East where spices was one of
the big merchandises. The date when she went down is not
fully known, but 8.March that same year people on Runde
discovered wreck debris had been washed ashore. In the
following months much of the salvaged inventory was sold
on auctions. In 1972 Akerendam is found by divers who
finds coins and a cannon in shallow water near Kvalneset.
The divers manage to salvage several hundred kilos of
coins from the wreck site, and the year after Bergen
maritime museum launched an expedition to the wreck site.
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| GPS: N 62 24.49 E 05 35.21  Originally from skovheim.org |
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