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
Coconut.
Site Area Code South Coast
Number of Items 1
Material Fruit
Registration Number 67
ID 6458
Status Commonwealth
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...