The Grand Vrouw Maria

A Historical cargo ship, sailing with the most exclusive arts from Amsterdam to St:Petersburg. She hit a rock in october 1771 and sunk 5 days later during a new storm.

No men died but most of the valuable cargo have been lost.

Marine Archologist Rauno Koivisaari found the ship 1999 intact after years of search together with Christian Alström and their divers.

Since then, she is the subject for a legal debate of ownership and the violation of human rights towards a countries citicens.

More information will be published here at the Official Vrouw Maria site.
You can find information about the ship at Wikipedias Vrouw Maria page.
You can find information about the ship at The Finnish Marine Museums Vrouw Maria site.

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news about the museum or the legal process.