The whole cargo would be worth several million euros in modern money. On 15 November 1748 the ship made its first attempt but returned on 19 November 1748 due to an adverse wind.
The ship made a second attempt on 21 November 1748, which also failed and from which the ship returned on 6 December 1748.
The ship started its maiden voyage from Texel to Batavia on 8 January 1749, but was wrecked in a storm on the English Channel on 26 January 1749.
The third attempt was made on 8 January 1749.
Finally the rudder broke off and the ship, helpless in a storm, grounded in the mud and sand in the bay of Bulverhythe on 26 January 1749, to the west of Hastings. She began to sink into the mud, where much of the keel remains today, perfectly preserved.
The shipwreck was discovered in 1969 in the bay of Bulverhythe, near Hastings on the English south coast, and is sometimes visible during low tides.
The crew were looked after locally before being returned to Dutch soil. ==Shipwreck== In 1969, the Amsterdam was discovered after being exposed by a low spring tide.
Archaeologist Peter Marsden did the first surveying of the wreck, and he advised further excavation. The wrecksite was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 5 February 1974. The VOC Ship Amsterdam Foundation started researching the wreck, followed by major excavations in 1984, 1985 and 1986, during which huge numbers of artefacts were found.
It is moored next to the Netherlands Maritime Museum, where it is open to visitors of the museum (which has now reopened after being closed for several years for renovations). As for the original ship, there had been hopes in the 1980s that the Dutch Government, which still owns it, might excavate the whole wreck and return it for restoration and display in Amsterdam, like the Regalskeppet Vasa in Sweden, or the Mary Rose in Portsmouth, but the funds were not forthcoming.
Archaeologist Peter Marsden did the first surveying of the wreck, and he advised further excavation. The wrecksite was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 5 February 1974. The VOC Ship Amsterdam Foundation started researching the wreck, followed by major excavations in 1984, 1985 and 1986, during which huge numbers of artefacts were found.
Archaeologist Peter Marsden did the first surveying of the wreck, and he advised further excavation. The wrecksite was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 5 February 1974. The VOC Ship Amsterdam Foundation started researching the wreck, followed by major excavations in 1984, 1985 and 1986, during which huge numbers of artefacts were found.
The ship may be visited as the timbers are exposed at very low tides in the sand just opposite the footbridge over the railway line at Bulverhythe. ==Ship replica== A replica of the ship was built in Iroko wood by 300 volunteers using modern tools as well as tools of the period, between 1985 and 1990 at the Zouthaven (now Piet Heinkade), Amsterdam.
The book was published in 1985 in The Red Series of Spike and Suzy. In the miniature park Madurodam in The Hague is a model of the Amsterdam on a scale of 1:25.
Archaeologist Peter Marsden did the first surveying of the wreck, and he advised further excavation. The wrecksite was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 5 February 1974. The VOC Ship Amsterdam Foundation started researching the wreck, followed by major excavations in 1984, 1985 and 1986, during which huge numbers of artefacts were found.
The ship may be visited as the timbers are exposed at very low tides in the sand just opposite the footbridge over the railway line at Bulverhythe. ==Ship replica== A replica of the ship was built in Iroko wood by 300 volunteers using modern tools as well as tools of the period, between 1985 and 1990 at the Zouthaven (now Piet Heinkade), Amsterdam.
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