The Western Australian Museum has identified the wreck of a scuttled Dutch submarine in Wadjemup Kepawirn Scuttle Ground off the WA coast near Fremantle, to be that of HNLMS K XI, a World War II Royal Netherlands Navy class patrol submarine.
The Shipwreck Hunters team verified the newly discovered wreck site as Glenbank and confirmed what led the ship to rapidly capsize and sink.
Watch episode one: Deep Sea Discovery
The Shipwreck Hunters team investigated new leads and conducted magnetometer searches in new areas based on scientific and archival research.
Watch episode two: Search for Koombana
The Shipwreck Hunters team made one of the most significant finds in Broome for over 20 years.
Watch episode three: Flying Boats of Broome
The Shipwreck Hunters team searched for new wreck site features and any evidence of another wreck in the area.
Watch episode four: Australia’s Oldest Shipwreck
The Shipwreck Hunters team discovered new artefacts from the site of one of Australia’s most significant shipwrecks.
Watch episode five: Survivors of Stefano
The Shipwreck Hunters team explored the theory that the undiscovered Dutch East Indiaman Aagtekerke (1726) wrecked at the same site as Zeewijk (1727).
Watch episode six: Two Wreck Fever
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On Friday 9 September, the Western Australian Museum will launch an innovative and interactive digital experience, which brings together almost 400 years of one of Australia’s most notorious events – the wreck of the ship, Batavia, in 1629.
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The Western Australian Museum, on behalf of a broad partnership, has won a prestigious Museums and Galleries National Award for international best practice in research for work on some of Australia’s earliest shipwrecks.
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