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1995-12-17
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JA5IIS DE VI4SIT II NR 886 II GR 50 \BT\
AUTHORITIES DIFFER CURIOUSLY REGARDING THE NUMBERS OF PERSONS WHO CONSTITUTED
THE FIRST FLEET, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THOSE CROWDED SHIPS CARRIED
759 CONVICTS AND 13 CHILDREN OF CONVICTS, 252 MARINES INCLUDING WIVES
AND CHILDREN, 20 OFFICIALS, 210 ROYAL NAVY SEAMAN AND 233 MERCHANT SEAMAN.
MOST OF THE CONVICTS WERE CONFINED A BOARD THE SHIPS DURING THE VOYAGE.
\BT\ \AR\
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W5TTV DE AR0JJP II NR 6213 II GR 001 \BT\
LORD SYDNEY'S CHOICE OF A GOVERNOR FELL ON ARTHUR PHILLIP, WHO (WITH
PERMISSION) HAD SERVED IN THE NAMY OF PORTUGAL AS WELL AS THAT OF ENGLAND.
IN OCTOBER 1786 HE HOISTED HIS FORK-TAIL COMMODORE'S PENNANT IN H.M.S.
SIRIUS, AND FROM THAT MOMENT DEVOTED HIS STERLING TALENT FOR ORGANISATION
TO ENSURE THE EXPEDITIONS SUCCESS.
\AR\ \BT\
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GR1NAN DE VK8TMT II NR 112 II GR 99 \BT\
PHILLIP'S 520-TON GUARDSHIP SIRIUS HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN HIS MAJESTY'S
ARMED STORESHIP BERWICK. ACCORDING TO LEIUTENANT KING, SHE TOOK FIRE ON
THE STOCKS BEFORE HER FIRST COMMISION AND WAS REBUILT WITH "SCRATCH"
MATERIALS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IN THE VAN OF THE FIRST FLEET
SHE RESPONDED WITH PERFORMANCE RATHER BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
\AR\ \AS\
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SV2GI DE UK6JS II NR 273 II GR 10 \BT\
LIEUTENANT HENRY BALL COMMANDED A SMALL CONSORT, THE ARMED TENDER SUPPLY,
170 TONS. SIX TRANSPORTS AND THREE STORESHIPS COMPRISED THE REST OF THE
CONVOY AND THE DECKS OF ALL ELEVEN SHIPS WERE CROWDED MENAGERIES OF PIGS,
DOGS, GOATS, SHEEP, CHICKENS, PIGEONS, TURKEYS, GEESE AND CATS. AT THE
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE THEY SHIPPED MORE ANIMALS.
\AS\ \BT\
\CT\
XU3ZG DE VK2NAB II RN 146 II GR 09 \BT\
THE GOVERNMENT BOUGHT A BULL, A BULL CALF, SEVEN COWS, A STALLION, THREE
MARES, THREE COLTS, 44 SHEEP, FOUR GOATS AND TWENTY-EIGHT PIGS. THE MEN
AND OFFICERS FILLED ANY VACANT SPACES THEY COULD CONTRIVE WITH PENS
CONTAINING THEIR PRIVATE PURCHASES. THE INCOMPETENCE OR THE DISHONESTY OF
CONTRACTORS LEFT THE FLEET WITH SHORTAGES THAT MAY HAVE DESTROYED THEM.
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