HMAT Supply (1759)
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HMAT Supply was an 8-gun armed tender of the Royal Navy launched in 1759. She played an important part in the foundation of the colony of New South Wales. The Navy sold her in 1792. She then served co
Replica of HMAT Supply in Sydney Harbour in 1938
Lt. Henry Lidgbird Ball, Commander of HMAT Supply
Lt. David Blackburn, Master of HMAT Supply
First Fleet
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The First Fleet were eleven British ships which transported a group of settlers to mainland Australia, marking the beginning of the British colonisation of Australia. It consisted of two Royal Navy ve
HMAT Supply (1759)
…in 1786 with the addition of four 12-pounder carronades. Her initial complement was 14 men, rising to 55 when converted to an armed tender for the First Fleet voyage in 1788. Supply was used to transport naval supplies between the Thames and Channel ports from 1759 to 1786. Throughout this period, she was…
Engraving of the First Fleet in Botany Bay at voyage's end in 1788
Lady Penrhyn
First Fleet, Cape Town, Table Mountain, South Africa, November 1787
Entrance of Port Jackson, 27 January 1788, by William Bradley, an officer on HMS Sirius