The Most Disturbing Mutiny and Shipwreck in History

This seriously needs to be a movie. It was so unbelievable but it could make for some compelling drama. It’s crazy how some real stories could be mistaken for fiction.

The wreck of the Batavia is well-known in Australia. The kind of event that, if someone managed to do a fully factual movie or series about it, many viewers probably wouldn't believe all that happened. A number of books have been written about what happened. It should be noted that a West Australian millionaire had a historically accurate replica of Batavia built in the 1980s. That ship is now on display in the Netherlands.

I found your channel by binge watching cave diving tragedies, but these 16th - 18th century shipwreck stories are so interesting.

Never surrender your weapons no matter who promises you safety in return.

Bit of dark humor but I can’t help but laugh at how their plans for mutiny kept back firing. Their own mutiny plans were mutinous against them😂

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I was born and raised in Perth, WA. We learnt all about the Batavia at school. The museum here has a lot of the original items from the ship including the bow, and the rest of shipwreck is now a popular diving spot.

Your voice, the pace you speak, the way you explain things, it's all perfect! It's very relaxing, AND very informative watching your videos!

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As an Australian watching this I have to thank you for your effort in researching this amazing story - it's always bewildering to hear such absolutely horrific atrocities survivors have to endure but this story just takes things to another level as it inflicted by fellow survivors. Love your work.

This entire story would make a great movie.

I'm a navigator in the U.S. Navy. The mention of the use of Dead Reckoning is very accurate. It is actually still use and is quite important to maritime navigation. However, because of the slight human-error and external factors, such as tides and currents, we have to calculate the direction the ship is going compared to dead reckoning. I'm glad you did your research to be as accurate as you can. Love the videos

This was a blood curdling story. I can't imagine the horrors of those 6 kids facing those horrible men, seeing them commit the worst, unimaginable acts to them and their parents.

A few extra details from the Batavia book I'm reading(super interesting, SUPER disturbing!), Aerian was a huge, strong, alcoholic with little schooling, but an instinctive knowledge of sailing, Francisco was a small, company dedicated, highly educated, non drinker, the hatred between the two was exacerbated by Aerian chasing one of the beautiful Female passengers( Lucretia Jans ) who loathed him, she was later chosen as the victim of the horrendous assault during which she was not only sexually assaulted but covered with a mixture of tar and faeces... Jeronimus was a nonconformist and believed(controversially at the time) that there was no heaven , nor hell, and therefore no punishment for any of the horrendous evils he perpetrated.

I don't think Francisco deserved what came to him, he actually wanted to save the people, did all he could and did a fairly good job. Ariaen was worthless, most likely a drunkard with wishes for power, and Jeronimus was nothing but a coward who needed his men to do all the work, and how he kept them by his side, is beyond me...

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Well delivered and very horrific tale of people at their worst (and some at their best). Also the fate of the mutineers shows the old Dutch were very enthusiastic and creative about physical punishment.

As soon as I saw the title I knew it had to be the Batavia, been waiting for this one for awhile now. Thank you and keep making incredible content!

Incredible! A real life Lord of the Flies! As someone said, there is no limit to the depth of the well of human depravity. I think that Francisco accomplished a superhuman feat by getting to Batavia in a longboat. I feel he was unfairly treated by the Dutch authorities, but that's really no surprise because the VOC had a bloody reputation for being savages. RIP to all those who died in the shipwreck and those who fought against a cowardly megalomaniac and his minions.

Defragged History does a great 4 hour doc into this. She did a great job of explaining lots of details including gruesome ones and explaining the actions and motives of more of the crew and the mutineers.