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

Batavia Shipwreck Site and Survivor Camps Area 1629 - Houtman ...

The shipwreck and bloody aftermath of the Dutch merchant vessel Batavia is a fascinating tale of maritime treachery, murder and heroism.

The Batavia shipwreck disaster | Australian National Maritime Museum

In the 1600s the Dutch-owned, Batavia, was shipwrecked off what eventually became known as Western Australia. More than 100 people died in the grounding.

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Wreck of the Batavia | National Museum of Australia

1629: Dutch vessel Batavia wrecks off western Australia resulting in mass murder and the marooning of two men on the mainland.

Batavia (1628 ship) - Wikipedia

She was built in Amsterdam in 1628 as the flagship of one of the three annual fleets of company ships and sailed that year on her maiden voyage for Batavia, ...

Batavia's History | Western Australian Museum

She was the first Dutch ship to be lost off the west coast of Australia. Pelsaert recorded the shipwreck in his journal: FOURTH of JUNE, being Monday morning, ...

New horrors unravelled in the story of the Batavia shipwreck

Pelsaert and Jacobsz left the marooned ship in the hope of reaching Batavia to form a rescue party. In their absence, Cornelisz was elected to ...

Wreck of the Batavia - World History Encyclopedia

The Batavia was a Dutch East India Company vessel that was shipwrecked off the coast of Western Australia in 1629. The survivors made it to ...

The Batavia shipwreck - OAKTrust

Batavia, a Dutch East Indiaman, sank in 1629 on its maiden voyage to the Indies in the Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. The ship ...

Murder, mutiny, slavery: 'World's worst shipwreck' was bloodier than ...

In 1629 Batavia, a three-masted sailing ship bound for the Dutch East Indies, ran aground on a coral reef in the arid Houtman Abrolhos ...

Letter from Australia - Murder Islands - November/December 2022

Before dawn on June 4, 1629, with just over 300 people aboard, the Dutch merchant ship Batavia struck a reef near the northern end of the archipelago, becoming ...

The Batavia Story - Visit Geraldton

Commander Francisco Pelsaert and select crew set off in the ship's longboat to seek help and those left endured one of the most horrific mutinies in history.

Batavia Shipwreck Ruins - National Film and Sound Archive

Built as a fort in 1629 by survivors of the shipwrecked Dutch merchant ship Batavia, the National Heritage-listed shipwreck site provides a lasting memorial to ...

Mutiny And Murder: Plumbing The Murky Depths Of The Batavia ...

The Batavia was a Dutch vessel that was wrecked off the shores of Western Australia back in 1629. ... Dutch East India Company's flagship Batavia ...

Batavia, 1629 | Western Australian Museum

On 4 June 1629, the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) ship, Batavia wrecked off the coast of Western Australia, in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands.

Batavia Shipwreck - Eco Abrolhos

The Ill-Fated Voyage: In 1628, the Batavia, a Dutch East India Company vessel, set sail on its maiden voyage from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies. Laden ...

Silent witnesses: Further dark secrets of Batavia shipwreck laid bare

... multiple graves, as well as evidence of survivors' resistance to mutineers. The Dutch East India Company's ill-fated ship Batavia, lost in ...

The Mutineers Marooned in 1629 - Hutt River or Wittecarra Gully?

... 1629, when the Dutch ship the Batavia with. 320 people on board, struck Morning Reef in the Northern, or Wallabi Group, of the Abrolhos. Islands, 90 ...

The Horrifying History Of The Batavia Shipwreck | Horror Hounds

In 1629 the ship Batavia took sail on its maiden voyage. It was sailing from the Dutch Republic to the East Indies. Unfortunately, the ship and ...

Australia dig unearths Batavia mutiny skeleton - BBC News

The remains on Beacon Island, off Western Australia, date from the wreck of the Dutch East India ship the Batavia in 1629. In the aftermath of ...