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The Eleven Ships

 Who are the ships?

 

The eleven ships are the ships that were taken on the first feet. Some might have held people, or equipment.

Borrowdale

  The Borrowdale was one of the three ships that held all of the equipment and storage in it. On the Borrowdale, it carried a total mass of 272 tons.

Alexander

The Alexander was the largest ship of transport. This boat carried a massive weight of 452 tonns. Including 195 convicts aboard.

Prince of Wales

 Fishburn

 Lady Penhryn

 The Frienship was a part of the Frst feet. This ship was a convict transport ship and carried a total weight of 276 tons. The Friendship had a master and his name was Captain Francis Walton.

 Friendship

The Charlotte ship was one of the convict transport ships in the first fleet. She weighed a total of 345 tons, including the 88 male and 20 female convicts aboard.

 Scarborough

The Lady Penhryn was a ship of the first fleet. On this ship, there was 101 female convicts aboard, which would come to 338 tonns altogether. The owner and commander of this ship was a man called William Compton Sever.

 Supply

 The Scarborough was a ship in the first fleet, which carried convicts. This ship carried aboard it about 430 tons. Her master was a man called john marshall along with his surgeon dennis considen.

 Golden Grove

 The Golden Grove was also a ship in the First Fleet, taking part as one of the three store ships. This ship was owned by Leighton and carried a total weight of 331 tons.  The Golden Grove was mastered by William Sharp and made n Whitby.

 The Sirius was also one of the ships in the first fleet voyage. The Sirius was actually the flagship of this voyage.

 Charlotte

The Supply ship was the smallest and oldest ship that was part of the first fleet.She only weighed 168 tons, which is not very much compared to the ther ships.

Sirius

 The Prince of Wales was a convict transport ship in the first fleet. this ship was a ship under the command of John Mason. This ship carried 333 tonns, one male convict and 49 female convicts.

The fishburn was the largest of the three storeships of the first fleet. This ship was taken to Botany Bay by a man called Robert Brown.

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