Het Wapen van Amsterdam

Het Wapen van Amsterdam was a Dutch merchant vessel that stranded in Skeiðarársandur, Iceland, on 19 September 1667.

It is commonly known as Gullskipið (English: The Goldship) in Iceland due to beliefs that it was carrying a large amount of gold and diamonds.

[1][2][3][4] For the next few decades, several items from the ship and its cargo were salvaged despite difficulties to reach the wreck but it is not known if the salvagers managed to reach the main cargo hold.

[6][7][8] Het Wapen van Amsterdam was part of a convoy coming from the island of Java in September 1667 with a cargo of gold, pearls, diamonds, silver, copper, silk, spices and other precious items.

It got caught in a storm and ran aground in the sands of Skeiðarársandur on 19 September 1667 while the other ships in the convoy were scattered before reaching Faroe Islands, except the ship Walcheren that perished.