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5 October 2026

Historic Batavia replica hauled across Dutch dike

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Historic Batavia replica hauled across Dutch dike

A full-scale reconstruction of the 17th-century Dutch East India Company ship Batavia has been hauled ashore in the Netherlands after a complex heavylift operation involving 56 axle lines of self-propelled modular transporters. The 646-tonne wooden vessel was moved around 250 m  from a pontoon, across the Markermeer dike and onto its permanent foundation at Museum …

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