For the Last Time, the Batavia Sets Sail From Lelystad.
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The Batavia made her final voyage on Saturday, from Lelystad to Amsterdam. The distinctive oak ship is now in dry dock there. In two weeks, she will return to her home port, Museum Batavialand, on a pontoon. Just where the VOC replica was launched 31 years ago, it will then be placed back on dry land.
The move to a spot on the shore is necessary because the ship, a crowd-puller in Lelystad for many years, shows signs of wood rot and can therefore no longer remain in the water.
LELYSTAD (ANP) - The ship De Batavia, a replica of the VOC ship, departed from Lelystad on Saturday morning and is being towed to Amsterdam. There, the ship will enter dry dock and be fitted with a steel support structure. This is necessary to ensure the replica, which is in a vulnerable c...
The Batavia departed from the port of Lelystad this morning around 7:00 AM. The 56-meter-long, 650-ton ship is scheduled to arrive in Amsterdam around noon.
The ship De Batavia, a replica of the VOC ship, departed from Lelystad this morning and is being towed to Amsterdam. There, the ship will enter the dry dock and be fitted with a steel support structure.
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