MONTH OF SUNKEN TREASURES

For all Maritime lovers, this month it is Shipwrecks month at the WA Museum.

Over the years more than 1400 ships have suffered the tragic fate of wreckage on the WA coast.

A new video, map, photo gallery, lecture, interview or database will be released each morning of July, available exclusively on www.museum.wa.gov.au/explore/month-shipwrecks

This link features information on shipwrecks such as the famous Batavia, especially relevant due to the timely visit of the other Dutch Tall Ships later this month.

The Tall Ships are scheduled to greet crowds of onlookers, sailing into Fremantle on July 26th.

    Image: Underwater site of the Batavia midway between excavation seasons