Tijger
Trading Ship · Netherlands · Lost Late 1613, month not established · New York Harbor
A Dutch trading ship burned on the Manhattan shore in 1613, whose crew built the first vessel constructed at New York.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Vessel
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- Wood
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- Sail
- Dutch merchant venture under Adriaen Block
Loss
- Late 1613, month not established
- Fire
- Off the lower west side of Manhattan, New York Harbor
- Hudson River at New York Harbor
- Amsterdam
- Furs
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- No loss of life is recorded in the accounts reviewed.
- Adriaen Block
The Wreck Today
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- Timbers reported found during Manhattan excavation work; the survival of further structure is disputed.
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- 1916
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Position
- 40.71° N 74.01° W
- Approximate position
- Lower Manhattan, New York
Wikipedia and academic archaeology sources (Northeast Historical Archaeology; tDAR poster by Hulzing) state the ship remains identified with the Tijger were uncovered in 1916 during subway construction at the intersection of Greenwich and Dey Streets in Lower Manhattan, on what was then the Hudson River shoreline before landfill expansion; the coordinate approximates that intersection, and later academic review has questioned whether the remains are actually the Tijger.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Sparsely documented (52/100)
The exact loss date, the position of any remains, and the attribution of the recovered timbers are not settled in the sources reviewed.
New-York Historical Society
The 1613 voyage, the burning of the ship, and the recovered timbers.
Published studies of Dutch exploration of the Hudson
Adriaen Block's voyage and the construction of Onrust; debate over the attributed timbers.
wreck position
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