BAT448 - Ship's fittings
Batavia
Nail head
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Found in Buildings on West Wallabi Island.
Number of Items 1
Material Ship's fittings
Museum Reference
Registration Number 448
ID 1788
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Batavia
Under commandeur Francisco Pelsaert, and Ariaen Jacobsz skipper, newly built Batavia sailed from Texel 27 October 1628 for the Dutch East Indies with bullion, goods and silver. On 4 June 1629 the ship struck a reef near Beacon Island in the Houtman Abrolhos. Of the 322 aboard 40 drowned and the rest got ashore. In search of water and food Jacobsz, Pelsaert and others left site in a 30-foot (9....