Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

BAT2283 - Stoneware

Batavia

Jug [Type C], w/ mask [Type A] and medallion [Gelderland Coat of Arms] salt glazed .

Site Area Code Mid-West

Site Location 048 098. E of frame 10 under building block 1122. 100 mm E of Strake 1.

Number of Items 1

Material Stoneware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 2283

ID 8654

Status Commonwealth

ANCODS 1975 Commonwealth Govt. Allocation: ANMM (00016015)

Map of shipwreck

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....