Batavia shipwreck
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The Batavia shipwreck is the remains of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia, which infamously ran aground off the Western Australian coast in 1629, leading to one of history’s most notorious maritime mutinies and massacres.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Batavia shipwreck canonical | 1 |
| Batavia shipwreck of 1629 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11413804 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Batavia shipwreck Context triple: [Batavia Coast, namedAfter, Batavia shipwreck]
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La Pérouse shipwreck
The La Pérouse shipwreck refers to the remains of the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse’s lost expedition, whose ships were wrecked near Vanikoro Island in the late 18th century.
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Three Brothers shipwreck
The Three Brothers shipwreck is the remains of a wooden freighter that ran aground in 1911 near South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan and is now a notable historic diving and sightseeing site.
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Sapona shipwreck
The Sapona shipwreck is a partially submerged concrete cargo ship off Bimini that has become a popular site for snorkeling, diving, and exploring maritime history.
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Maheno shipwreck
The Maheno shipwreck is the rusting remains of a former luxury ocean liner and World War I hospital ship that now serves as a prominent historic landmark and tourist attraction on the shores of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia.
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Sea Venture shipwreck
The Sea Venture shipwreck was a 1609 English flagship wrecked on the reefs of Bermuda, whose survivors’ settlement led to the island’s permanent colonization and inspired elements of Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Batavia shipwreck Target entity description: The Batavia shipwreck is the remains of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia, which infamously ran aground off the Western Australian coast in 1629, leading to one of history’s most notorious maritime mutinies and massacres.
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A.
La Pérouse shipwreck
The La Pérouse shipwreck refers to the remains of the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse’s lost expedition, whose ships were wrecked near Vanikoro Island in the late 18th century.
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B.
Three Brothers shipwreck
The Three Brothers shipwreck is the remains of a wooden freighter that ran aground in 1911 near South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan and is now a notable historic diving and sightseeing site.
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C.
Sapona shipwreck
The Sapona shipwreck is a partially submerged concrete cargo ship off Bimini that has become a popular site for snorkeling, diving, and exploring maritime history.
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D.
Maheno shipwreck
The Maheno shipwreck is the rusting remains of a former luxury ocean liner and World War I hospital ship that now serves as a prominent historic landmark and tourist attraction on the shores of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia.
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E.
Sea Venture shipwreck
The Sea Venture shipwreck was a 1609 English flagship wrecked on the reefs of Bermuda, whose survivors’ settlement led to the island’s permanent colonization and inspired elements of Shakespeare’s "The Tempest."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural heritage site
ⓘ
maritime archaeological site ⓘ shipwreck ⓘ |
| artifactsDisplayedAt |
Museum of Geraldton
NERFINISHED
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Western Australian Maritime Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dutch East India Company (VOC) trade routes
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Dutch maritime exploration of Australia ⓘ early European contact with Western Australia ⓘ |
| cargoType |
silver coins
ⓘ
trade goods for the East Indies ⓘ |
| causeOfShipwreck | running aground on a reef ⓘ |
| commanderOfShip | Francisco Pelsaert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionMaterialOfShip | wooden, Dutch East Indiaman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| dateOfDiscovery | 1963 ⓘ |
| dateOfShipwreck | 1629-06-04 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Dave Johnson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Max Cramer NERFINISHED ⓘ members of the Geraldton Skin Diving Club ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Western Australian Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReconstructedHullAt | Bataviawerf, Lelystad, Netherlands GENERATED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
place on the Australian National Heritage List
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place on the Western Australian State Register of Heritage Places ⓘ |
| homePortOfShip | Amsterdam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalProtectionStatus | protected under the Australian Historic Shipwrecks Act ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Houtman Abrolhos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wallabi Group, Houtman Abrolhos NERFINISHED ⓘ off the coast of Western Australia ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutinyLeader | Jeronimus Cornelisz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
massacre among survivors after the wreck
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one of history’s most notorious maritime mutinies ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleKilledInMassacre | over 100 GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfSurvivorsInitiallyLanded | approximately 280 GENERATED ⓘ |
| operator | Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfEvent |
Batavia massacre
NERFINISHED
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Batavia mutiny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfMajorExcavation | 1970s ⓘ |
| ranAgroundOn | Morning Reef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField | maritime archaeology ⓘ |
| shipCaptain | Ariaen Jacobsz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipLaunched | 1628 ⓘ |
| shipName | Batavia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
important evidence of early European presence off Western Australia
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key site for study of 17th-century Dutch seafaring ⓘ |
| voyageDestination | Batavia (Jakarta) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| voyageOrigin | Texel, Dutch Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfShipwreck | 1629 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Batavia shipwreck Description of subject: The Batavia shipwreck is the remains of the Dutch East India Company ship Batavia, which infamously ran aground off the Western Australian coast in 1629, leading to one of history’s most notorious maritime mutinies and massacres.
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this entity surface form:
Batavia shipwreck of 1629