The Rocks of Ras Madrakah: A Forgotten Survival Story in 1763 Oman | Part 1

In the first week of August 1763, the Dutch East India Company return ship Amstelveen sailed blindly into the summer monsoon off the southern coast of Arabia. Within hours, a violent ocean collision left seventy-five men lost to the sea and thirty castaways stranded barefoot beneath towering volcanic cliffs. 1. Fog Over the Arabian Sea …