1) Shipwreck in the Downs 
The Rooswijk was a ship belonging to the VOC (Dutch East India Company) that, according to recent, non-contemporary, news reports, sank in 1740. ==Construction and service == According to the recent reports, the Rooswijk was built for the VOC `Chamber of Amsterdam` in 1737. On 9 January 1740, during its second journey to the east, it sank on the.....