HMS Supply
She was built in 1759 as a yard craft and weighed 175 tons.
She was captained by Henry Lidgbird Ball and was under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip (who had transferred from the HMS Sirius at Cape Town).
She was the oldest and smallest of the First Fleet ships and had previously carried naval supplies between the Thames and Channel ports for 27 years.
She left Spithead on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788 with the First Fleet. Supply was the first ship to sail into Port Jackson after the original Botany Bay landing was found unsuitable for settlement.
After the initial settlement at Port Jackson, Supply was the link between the colony and Norfolk Island, making 10 trips. Following the loss of Sirius in 1790 she became the colony's only link with the outside world.
She was built in 1759 as a yard craft and weighed 175 tons.
She was captained by Henry Lidgbird Ball and was under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip (who had transferred from the HMS Sirius at Cape Town).
She was the oldest and smallest of the First Fleet ships and had previously carried naval supplies between the Thames and Channel ports for 27 years.
She left Spithead on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788 with the First Fleet. Supply was the first ship to sail into Port Jackson after the original Botany Bay landing was found unsuitable for settlement.
After the initial settlement at Port Jackson, Supply was the link between the colony and Norfolk Island, making 10 trips. Following the loss of Sirius in 1790 she became the colony's only link with the outside world.