Shipwrecked
The Batavia is Australia’s second oldest known shipwreck (Australia’s oldest known shipwreck is the English East India Company ship Tyrall or Trial lost in ...
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The Batavia is Australia’s second oldest known shipwreck (Australia’s oldest known shipwreck is the English East India Company ship Tyrall or Trial lost in 1622).
On the morning of 4 June 1629, the VOC ship Batavia was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia.
Commander Francisco Pelsaert along with all of the ship’s senior officers, some crew and passengers – 48 in all – deserted the remaining 268 people on the wreck and on two nearby waterless islands whilst they went in search of water.
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On the morning of 4 June 1629, the VOC ship Batavia was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, off the coast of Western Australia.
Commander Francisco Pelsaert along with all of the ship’s senior officers, some crew and passengers – 48 in all – deserted the remaining 268 people on the wreck and on two nearby waterless islands whilst they went in search of water.
Description credit - http:--museum.wa.gov.au-research-collections-batavia-maritime-shipwrecks-batavia
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