Rooswijk media coverage

In 2016 an expedition took place to gain a better understanding of the Rooswijk wreck site, the ship’s design and the state of preservation of the materials on the seabed.

We're following up on the story of #rooswijk1740, joining the team of the 2017 expedition. They tell us all about the complexity of doing archaeological research underwater.

This is the third film on the research and excavation of the VOC-ship the Rooswijk, which started in 2017. In 'The Legacy of the Rooswijk,' filmed by Kai Dieho, we show our progress on the conservation of the artefacts found on the Rooswijk, unravelling its history object by object.

In 'Drain the Oceans' a team of Dutch and English researchers discover how smuggling money on the long journey to the colonies was common practice in the Golden Age.

Dutch and British maritime archaeologists carried out a joint diving expedition at the Rooswijk wreck site off the coast of Britain. The BBC reported about the research.