Kennermerland

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The area where the Kennemerland was wrecked.
Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.

The Kennermerland, a Dutch East Indiaman, was wrecked on Stoura Stack, Out Skerries, on 11th December 1664. She was carrying a cargo of cloth, tobacco, and sprits, as well as a large quantity of gold gilders.

The site of the wreck is protected under Protection of Wrecks Act 1973.

See also for an excellent article mostly about the Kennermerland here.

Below are shown some of the artefacts from theShetland Museum and Archives's collection.

Tobacco boxes from the Kennemerland. Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.

Golf club heads from the Kennemerland. Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.

Pipe from the Kennemerland - Tom Henderson trying it. Photo from Shetland Museum and Archives.

For more Dutch East Indiamen see here.