High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lying at a depth of
about 24 m, the Rooswijk was discovered on the Goodwin Sands by an
amateur diver in 2004. It lies in about 24 metres (79 ft) of water
at the northeast end of Kellett Gut. In December 2005, it was made
public that between May and September of that year a team led by
Rex Cowan had recovered some of the ship and its contents. This was
done in secrecy to avoid attracting looters. Artifacts recovered
included approximately one thousand bars of silver, gold coins and
a mustard jar. When the VOC was disbanded in 1798, its possessions
fell to the Batavian Republic, the legal successor of which is the
current Dutch State, which therefore is entitled to the objects
from the Rooswijk. They were presented to Junior Minister of
Finance Joop Wijn in Plymouth on 11 December 2005.
