Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

BB67 - Fruit

Batoe Bassi

Coconut.

Site Area Code South Coast

Number of Items 1

Material Fruit

Museum Reference

Registration Number 67

ID 6458

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Batoe Bassi

The Batoe Bassi had been built in Norway, but by 1880 was under Dutch registration, with (probably) Dutch officers and Indonesian crew. Even though referred to as ‘Malays’ at the time, this was a generic term used to describe seamen from many areas of South East Asia.

There are a number of different tonnages given for the Batoe Bassi: Henderson (1988) states 293, the Inquirer (9 June...