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HISTORY
The VOC ship "Batavia" was
built on the Peperwerft in Amsterdam. In 1628 the "Batavia" made
her first Yoyage to East India. During a storm the ship lost
contact with other merchant vessels. After 7 months the
"Batavia" ran aground on a reef of the Abrolhos, which are a
group of small islands next to the Western Australian Coast.
Most of the sailors and passengers swam to the islands, however
due to the lack of water and provisions a group of sailors
staged a mutiny.Just few crew members and passengers survived
the ordeal. Today, the remaining parts of the wreck are in the
museum of Fremantle in Australia. The replica was built between
1985 and 1995 by Willem Vos in Lelystad in the Netherlands.
Willem Vos used original techniques to build the ship, the
result is a high quality replica, which has length of 56 meters
and a displacement of 1200 tons.
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