Wiebbe Hayes

Wiebbe Hayes
BornUnknown date, c. 1587
Winschoten, Dutch Republic
DiedUnknown date
Unknown location
Allegiance Dutch East India Company
RankLieutenant
Conflict(s)Shipwreck of the Batavia

Wiebbe Hayes (born c. 1587) was a Dutch soldier known for his leading role in the suppression of Jeronimus Cornelisz's massacre of shipwreck survivors in 1629, after the merchant ship Batavia was wrecked in the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain of coral islands off the west coast of Australia.

Almost all that is known of the shipwreck and aftermath stems from a book by the expedition's commander, Francisco Pelsaert, who quickly absented himself after the shipwreck and reached safety before returning with the Sardam to rescue the survivors.