What did the Borrowdale carry?

As one of three designated storeships with the First Fleet, Borrowdale’s supplies included such items as canvas beds (200), pickaxes (50), wooden bowls (700), flour (448 barrels), Crown glass (5448 squares), sets of bedding (800), fishing nets (14), carpenters’ axes (80), padlocks (60), smiths’ tools (five sets).

What was the Borrowdale used for?

The Borrowdale was a store ship in the First Fleet which carried the convicts and soldiers to Australia to start a penal colony.

How many convicts were on Borrowdale?

Borrowdale (1785 ship)

What did the Lady Penrhyn look like?

Lady Penrhyn, a three-masted wooden cargo vessel of 338 tons, was built in 1786 on the River Thames, by Edward Greaves of Limehouse London for Curtis & Co., London. She had a length of 103 9/10 feet and a beam of 27 5/10 feet, with a round house and quarter badges, with a woman figure-head.

How much did the Borrowdale weigh?

Commanded by Master Hobson Reed, Borrowdale weighed 375 tons. After an outward voyage of 9 months, Borrowdale was put back into service as a coal carried in general coastal trade, but several months later she sunk in a massive gale of Great Yarmouth Roads.

What did the Fishburn ship carry?

The ship embarked approximately 24 seamen and, as one of three designated storeships, it would have carried supplies such as tents (40), forges (ten), nails (747,000), tin plates (500), shoes (305 pairs women’s), tar (two barrels), candles (2 tonnes [420 dozen lbs]), bread (50 barrels [puncheons]), pease (116 casks).

When did the Charlotte leave England?

8 May 1788
Charlotte finally left the settlement on 8 May 1788.

How many babies were born in the Penrhyn?

The Lady Penrhyn has 109 female Convicts on board and 8 children and I shall give a List of their Names, Crimes, Ages, Trades, & the term of years they are transported for.

How many convicts died on the First Fleet?

43 convicts
The ships departed with an estimated 775 convicts (582 men and 193 women), as well as officers, marines, their wives and children, and provisions and agricultural implements. After 43 convicts had died during the eight-month trip, 732 landed at Sydney Cove.

What is the biggest ship in the First Fleet?

Alexander
Alexander, weighing in at 452 tons, 114 ft long and 31 ft at the beam, the Alexander was commanded by Master Duncan Sinclair. She carried 192 male convicts and was the largest ship in the fleet.

What was the fastest ship in the First Fleet?

With Alexander, Friendship and Scarborough, the fastest ships in the Fleet, which were carrying most of the male convicts, Supply hastened ahead to prepare for the arrival of the rest.

Did Fishburn carry convicts?

The Fishburn was a store ship in the First Fleet. The First Fleet carried the convicts and soldiers to Australia to start a penal colony. The ships left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788. This was the start of European settlement of Australia….Fishburn (ship) facts for kids.

Where did the Borrowdale go on the First Fleet?

First Fleet Voyage On the 13 May 1787 the Borrowdale sailed from the Plymouth with the other vessels of the First Fleet. On the long sea voyage Borrowdale lost her foretop-gallant-mast during a gale, she lost one of the ship’s boats near Penguin Island, and had livestock losses.

Who was the owner of the Borrowdale ship?

Borrowdale was one of 11 vessels that made up the First Fleet of settlers to Botany Bay, departing Britain in 1787. She first appeared in Lloyd’s Register in 1786 with [Hobson] Reed, master, Leighton, owner, and trade London-Botany Bay.

What was the name of the first ship in the First Fleet?

Borrowdale was a three-masted, square rigged merchant ship, launched in 1785, that served as a storeship of the First Fleet, a convoy of 11 ships taking settlers and convicts to establish the first European colony in Australia. She was wrecked in 1789. Borrowdale was built in Sunderland in 1785.

When did the Borrowdale arrive in Botany Bay?

Borrowdale was one of 11 vessels that made up the First Fleet of settlers to Botany Bay, departing Britain in 1787. She first appeared in LR in 1786 with [Hobson] Reed, master, Leighton, owner, and trade London-Botany Bay. She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Botany Bay, Sydney, Australia, on 20 January 1788.