After a Visit to Amsterdam, the Ship Batavia Is Permanently Beached.
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The ship Batavia began its final voyage this morning. After a week and a half, the ship departed from Amsterdam, where it was prepared in a dry dock to be brought ashore. Due to wood rot, the reconstruction of the historic VOC ship will be placed on dry land for good. The Batavia had been in the water for thirty years, reports Omroep Flevoland. The part that was always in the water had been suffering from wood rot for some time. Experts conclud…
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LELYSTAD (ANP) - The ship De Batavia, a replica of the VOC ship, returned to its home base in Lelystad on Thursday afternoon, a spokesperson for Museum Batavialand reports. Over the past few days, the ship was placed in a steel support structure in Amsterdam to better protect the fragile replica...
The reconstruction of the historic VOC ship Batavia has left Amsterdam again after two weeks. It is presumably the ship's final voyage; it is floating on a pontoon and is now being towed to Flevoland by tugboats. This morning, the immense ship sailed past Central Station, among other locations. Two weeks ago, the ship made the reverse route because it needed to be restored at the NDSM shipyard. The part of the ship that was always in the water…
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