BATAVIA 1628-1629
Batavia replica sailing in Holland
Description
Dutch Sailing Fluyt
Construction
Timber
Size
600 tons length 56.6m beam 10.5m draft 5.1m
Built
1628 VOC Amsterdam, Netherlands
Owner
VOC Master: Adriaen Jacobsz
Sunk
1629/06/04
Location
Morning Reef, Houtman Abrolhos
Latitude/Longitude
(-28.491644, 113.791928)
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.
Underwater
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.
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