The treacherous sandbars and reefs along Australia’s western coast have caused the demise of many ships. The first European ship known to have wrecked there, Batavia, did so in 1629.Sailors ...

The ‘unlucky voyage’ 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 Islands off western Australia, which ...

Of Batavia’s 341 crew and passengers, 40 drowned trying to get off the ship, while all others made it to the uninhabited isla Panoramic view of the Batavia ship exterior oak planking.

Many Dutch ships passed the West Australian coast while enroute to Southeast Asia in the 1600s -- and the national heritage listed shipwreck, Batavia, has revealed through its timbers the history ...

Historians have theorized that Cornelisz sought to take the ship’s treasure and become a pirate. Whatever his exact motives, he and a contingent of men mutinied, killing many of the ship’s passengers ...

After years of speculation, irrefutable proof has been presented proving the shipwreck RI 2394 is the HM Bark Endeavour.

Of Batavia’s 341 crew and passengers, 40 drowned trying to get off the ship, while all others made it to the uninhabited islands nearby. The captain, senior officers, two women and one child ...

The wrecking of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia in 1629 is perhaps the best-known maritime disaster in Australian history. The subject of . Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.