Square blocks of wood x2(32A), iron concretion fragments x3 (32D), fragments of wood x3 (32C), iron cable fragment x2 (32E), copper spike x1 (32B)
Site Area Code South Coast
Number of Items 11
Material Copper/brass
Registration Number 32
ID 6456
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...