BAT80449A-K - Ship's fittings artefact

Batavia Wreck

Iron nail fragments (heads and shanks) - medium heads c. 20 mm diam

  • Material Ship's fittings

  • Number of Items 11

  • Site Area Code Mid-West

  • Site Location Slaughter Point site, West Wallabi.

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  • artefact BAT80449A-K - Ship's fittings

  • Registration Number 80449

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Full information about the Ship's fittings
artefact BAT80449A-K - Ship's fittings
Ship Batavia
Status Commonwealth
Registration Number 80449
Description Iron nail fragments (heads and shanks) - medium heads c. 20 mm diam
Material Ship's fittings
Number of Items 11
Site Area Code Mid-West
Site Location Slaughter Point site, West Wallabi.
Modification date Tue, 2010-03-09
Date Registered Mon, 2001-04-23
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/artefacts/bat80449a-k-ships-fittings
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Batavia

The Batavia built in Netherlands, by VOC, owned by VOC. The Batavia cargo was Trade goods and supplies, building blocks for portico, specie. The Master of the Batavia was Adriaen Jacobs, the Batavia had a crew of 303. The Batavia was lost 1629/06/04 at Morning reef, Houtman Abrolhos.

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-...

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