Lies In10m depth, scattered cannon and anchors. Portion of stern recovered, now on display in Shipwreck Museum, Fremantle. Stone Portico on display at Geraldton Museum.
Built:
1628 VOC Amsterdam, Netherlands
Location:
Morning Reef, Houtman Abrolhos
Sinking:
En route from Texel to Batavia with trade goods, building blocks for a Portico, silver coins. Hit Reef and sank. 322 aboard 40 drowned.
Longitude:
113.791928
Latitude:
-28.491644
Gallery
Batavia Mutiny on Beacon Island. etching
LONG BOAT REPLICA
Unable to find food and water, Jacobsz, Pelsaert and others left Beacon Island in a 30-foot longboat and sailed for Batavia, now known as Jakarta. Soon after their arrival Pelsaert returned with supplies in the Jacht Sardam to recover the bullion and to rescue the survivors.
Batavia Hull timbers before excavating, conservation and eventual display at Fremantle shipwreck museum