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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-19TH CENTURY SHIP-WRECK-UNEARTHED

AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-19TH CENTURY SHIP-WRECK-UNEARTHED

Xinhua
08 May 2025, 15:47 GMT+10

(250508) -- CANBERRA, May 8, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 12, 2025 shows part of the windlass protruding from the seabed. Researchers have located the shipwreck of Koning Willem de Tweede, a 19th-century Dutch merchant vessel lost in 1857 off the coast of South Australia, the Australian National Maritime Museum has revealed.

TO GO WITH "Wreck of 19th century ship unearthed in South Australia" (Xinhua)

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