BATAVIA

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Ship replica of the Batavia
Career (Dutch Republic)
Name:	Batavia
Namesake:	Settlement Batavia
Owner:	Dutch East India Company Chamber of Amsterdam
Completed:	1628
Fate:	Wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos on 4 June 1629
General characteristics
Tonnage:	650 tons
Displacement:	Circa 1200 tons
Length:	56.6 m (186 ft)
Beam:	10.5 m (34 ft)
Height:	55 m (180 ft)
Draught:	5.1 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:	Sails (1180 m2)
Crew:	341 men (incl. passengers)
Armament:	24 cast-iron cannons

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. Batavia was shipwrecked on her maiden voyage, and was made famous by the subsequent mutiny and massacre that took place among the survivors. A twentieth-century replica of the ship is also called the Batavia and can be visited in Lelystad, Netherlands.