BAT8734T - Armament
      
                    Batavia
          
      
      
                    
Armour-plain armour front right. Fits w/ S. Also fits w/ I. Fits on Q vertically to make STUV fit w/ BC.
          
      
      
              Site Area Code       Mid-West          
      
      
              Number of Items       1          
      
      
              Material       Armament          
      
Museum Reference
      
              Registration Number       8734          
      
      
              ID       6378          
      
      
              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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