The Dutch ship, the Amicilia could see a flag flying from the top of a tall tree on a high point of land fluttering over Christmas Island. This certainly bore investigation since it was well known that there was no one living on Christmas Island. The Amicilia launched a boat and some men rowed towards Christma Island.
Ship Name: Vice Admiraal Rijk
Year Built: 1846
Tonnage: 469
Ship Type: Wooden Sailing Bark
Nationality: Dutch
Location Wrecked: Christmas Island
Year Wrecked: 1852
. Reason For Wreck: Struck Rock in a Storm
Lives Lost: 17
Sources:
https://www.marhisdata.nl/gezagvoerder&id=442
https://www.marhisdata.nl/schip?id=13822
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c008845668&view=1up&seq=347
https://christmasislandarchives.com/shipwreck-account/
https://www.academia.edu/44013455/Wreck_Check_s_Closing_in_on_the_Fortuyn_Project
Misadventures in Nature’s Paradise by Graeme Henderson, Andrew Viduka, and Robert de Hoop
