Werz, Bruno E.J.S.2026-02-262025-12Bruno E. J. S. Werz (2025) Shipwrecks of the United Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Table Bay, South Africa During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, The Mariner's Mirror, 111:4, 405-424, DOI: 10.1080/00253359.2025.2578096.0025-3359 (print)2049-680X (online)10.1080/00253359.2025.2578096http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108658During the nearly two centuries of its existence from 1602 to 1799, the United Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC) used hundreds of vessels for its intercontinental trade. A considerable number of these foundered along South African shores. Table Bay, near the Cape of Good Hope, saw many marine incidents mainly due to its role as a halfway station on the long and dangerous voyages. This article describes the potential of VOC shipwrecks in the bay, which is an important resource for maritime archaeological studies.en© The Society for Nautical Research. This is an electronic version of an article published in The Mariner's Mirror, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 405-424, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2025.2578096. The Mariner's Mirror is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rmir20.Cape TownNieuw HaarlemWaddinxveenVerenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC)Table BaySouth Africa (SA)ShipwrecksRetourschepenOosterlandPostprint Article