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The Eleven Ships in the First Fleet consisted of two Naval ships, six transports for convicts and three storeships for supplies.

 

HMS Sirius, flagship, naval warship, 20 guns, 540 tons, 110ft long, 32ft wide, carried 160 people

HMS Supply, Naval tender, 80 guns, 170 tons, 70ft long, 26ft wide

Scarborough, transport, 430 ton, 111ft long, 30ft. wide, carried 208 male convicts

Alexander, transport, 452 tons, 114ft long, 31ft wide, carried 88 male convicts

Lady Penrhyn, transport, 333 tons, 103ft long27ft wide, carried 101 female convicts

Prince of Wales, transport, 350 tons, 103ft long, 29ft wide, carried 1 male and 49 female convicts

Friendship, transport, 274 tons, carried 76 male and 21 female convicts

Charlotte, transport, 335 tons, 105ft long, 28ft wide, carried 88 male and 20 female convicts

Fishburn, storeship, 378 tons

Golden Grove, storeship, 375 tons

Borrowdale, storeship, 375 tons

 

The few relics of the First Fleet that can be seen today include Rev. Richard Johnsons bible and prayer book, now held at St.Phillips Church, Sydney, and the anchor and cannon of the Sirius, salvaged in 1890 from Norfolk Island and now on display at Darling Harbour, Sydney.

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