BAT6160 - Ship's timber
Batavia
Fragments of outer layer of oak hull planking, part of E-7, connects w/ 6162 and 6163; 12 fragments of outer hull planking. Max. th. 0.069. Square nail holes of sheathing nails on one side (square in section, 0.006). One pres. bolt hole next to square nail hole.
Site Area Code Mid-West
Number of Items 1
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 6160
ID 3618
Status Commonwealth
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....
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