The Friendship
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long she was the smallest of the transport ships and was skippered by Master Francis Walton.
She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying seventy-six male and twenty-one female convicts.
The female convicts were transferred to other transports at the Cape of Good Hope to make room for livestock purchased there.
She arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, on 26 January 1788.
Friendship left Port Jackson on 14 July 1788 in company with Alexander. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long she was the smallest of the transport ships and was skippered by Master Francis Walton.
She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying seventy-six male and twenty-one female convicts.
The female convicts were transferred to other transports at the Cape of Good Hope to make room for livestock purchased there.
She arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, on 26 January 1788.
Friendship left Port Jackson on 14 July 1788 in company with Alexander. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.