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  Batavia Ship Model
measures: 31"L x 25"T x 11"WClick here to see detailed photos!
Mutiny on the Batavia
- Batavia was the flagship of a convoy under the command of Francois
Pelsaert, bound for the United Dutch East India Company. On its maiden voyage,
it wrecked in 1629 on Morning Reef, off the West Australian coast.
Of the 341 on board (including 38 passengers, women and children), 40 drowned.
For the Dutch East India Company, a shipwreck was not so unusual, but this time
things went very bad. Because there was no water or food on the island, the senior
officers, Francisco Pelsaert, a few crew members and some passengers, left the
disaster site in search of drinking water, leaving 268 people behind on the wreck.
The commanders' group soon aborted the search for water on the mainland and made
their way to the ignomynous city Batavia (now Jakarta) in a sloop). This journey
took thirty-three days. After their arrival in Batavia, Pelsaert was sent back
to rescue the survivors that were still on the wreck. He arrived at the site two
months after leaving Batavia on the vessel Saerdam, only to discover that a mutiny
had taken place after all. Most of the ship's crew and passengers were able to
reach the nearby islands.
Part of the Batavia wreckage lies preserved for all to see in the Geraldton Maritime
Museum, in Western Australia.
In 1985, a group set about to build an exact sized replica of the Batavia. It
took 10 years, to build a life-size, true replica where everything works, including
the guns. This life-size replica of the Batavia is moored at the National Maritime
Museum in Sydney, Australia.
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Model Description: |
- Ship Measures 31”L
x 25”T x 11”W
- The Batavia model
is shipped to you completely assembled and ready for display
- This wooden ship
model rests perfectly on a large marble base between four arched
dolphins
- This Batavia ship
model is entirely handmade piece by intricate piece by skillful
and experienced master craftsmen, using the plank on frame
construction method - kits are not used in building
- The following rare,
high quality woods are used to build our Batavia ship model:
Rosewood
Cherry
Teak
Birch
- Features metal
anchors and machine turned brass cannons
- Sails are handmade
of thick canvas and rigging lines differ in weight, color and texture
- Boasts significant
deck detail
- All of our wooden
model ships are built according to scale through original plans,
pictures and drawings
- The finished Batavia
ship model is carefully inspected for quality and accuracy numerous
times before final packaging
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