The Batavia shipwreck disaster

Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It was built in Amsterdam in 1628, and armed with 24 cast-iron cannons and a number of bronze guns.

In 1629 a group of marooned survivors of the Dutch ship Batavia ...

In 1629 a group of marooned survivors of the Dutch ship Batavia found themselves under the leadership of a sociopathic heretic named Jeronimus Corneliusz.

Batavia's (1629) Landscape of Survival on the Houtman Abrolhos ...

The loss of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia in 1629 on the Houtman Abrolhos off the west coast of Australia and subsequent mutiny is one of the most ...

What Batavia's wood reveals about her builders - Research @ Flinders

The wreck of the Dutch East India Company ship BATAVIA in 1629 off Western Australia is a well-known maritime disaster in The Netherlands and Australia.

Maritime archaeology and behaviour during crisis: the wreck of the ...

Gibbs, Martin (2002) Maritime archaeology and behaviour during crisis: the wreck of the VOC ship Batavia (1629).

Case 138: The Batavia - Casefile: True Crime Podcast

Life on the ship was harsh and perilous. Sleeping quarters were cramped and the drinking water quickly became contaminated with worms and algae. Infectious ...

Picturing the unimaginable: a new look at the wreck of the Batavia

The Batavia's tragic tale has inspired novels, a stage play, songs, an opera, a musical and radio dramas, and is now the subject of an exhibition combining art ...

A Tale of Tragedy and Turmoil: The Batavia Shipwreck | BULB

Disaster struck on June 4, 1629. Due to navigational errors, likely a miscalculation of longitude, the Batavia slammed into Morning Reef near ...

(PDF) The Unlucky Voyage: Batavia's (1629) Landscape of Survival ...

The loss of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia in 1629 on the Houtman Abrolhos off the west coast of Australia and subsequent mutiny is one of the most ...

Why Western Australia's coast rivals the Bermuda Triangle

If that was WA's worst ocean disaster, the Batavia was its most ghoulish. This Dutch ship headed for Indonesia was carrying more than 300 ...

The Batavia's story of mutiny and murder gets a new chapter

But after sailing for thousands of kilometers, she smashed into a reef near Beacon Island in June 1629. Dozens of passengers died attempting to ...

The Batavia Shipwreck is the craziest Australian horror story you've ...

Batavia Revealed: Shipwreck Psycho explores the bloody truth behind one of Australia's worst mass murders, investigating horrifying tale of one ...

Batavia Shipwreck | Australia's Coral Coast

With tales of murderous mutiny, the Batavia Shipwreck off the coast of Geraldton is one of Western Australia's best-known historic dive sites.

Batavia Shipwreck Ruins - Australian History, Discovery and ...

Batavia Shipwreck Ruins is an episode from the series Australia's Heritage – National Treasures with Chris Taylor, produced in 2009. Series Synopsis Take a ...

Historical articles - Greta van der Rol

When the Batavia's longboat left the Abrolhos islands where the survivors from the shipwreck had been landed, she carried forty-eight passengers. The complement ...

The Wreck of the Batavia (1973) - ASO mobile

The Wreck of the Batavia (1973) ... An early film by Bruce Beresford traces the story of the Dutch ship Batavia, wrecked on a coral reef off the coast of Western ...

The brutal events on Houtman Abrolhos following the wreck of the ...

The flagship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), the Batavia, was wrecked on the morning of the 4th of June 1629 on an isolated reef of ...

Ryan McNaught explains the Batavia story - YouTube

Comments ; The Most Horrifying Nautical Disaster You've Never Heard Of. Today I Found Out · 1.1M views ; Inside Dutch Ship Batavia 1628. Harald ...

The Ill-Fated East Indiaman | Culture WA

The Batavia became the first Dutch ship lost off the coast of Western Australia, but further tragedy was to follow. Supposed spot of Batavia disaster, 1628.

SYMHC Classics: The Wreck of the Batavia - PodPulse

The Batavia Shipwreck and Cornelis' Mutiny · The Batavia ship broke apart, leading to the death of about 40 people. · Cornelis, an educated man from an affluent ...