The+Friendship

The Friendship was a convict ship of the First Fleet. It weighed 274 tons and 75 feet. It was in Scarborough in 1784.  The Friendship had on the ship soliders, sailors, and some were criminals been lucky not to get caught. The captain was called Francis Walton. When the ship was returning the crew got scurvy and because there was less crew to help control the ship it was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.

The Friendship carried convicts. There were 76 male convicts and 21 female convicts on that were sent to Australia. by Ben

The Friendship was a first fleet transport ship built in Scarborough in England 1784. The Friendship weighed 274 tons and was 75 feet long, making her the smallest transport ship. Her master was Francis Walton, and her surgeon was Thomas Artel. The friendship left Portsmouth on 13 may 1787, carrying 76 male and 21 female convicts. The female convicts where transferred to the other transports at the Cape of Good Hope to make room for livestock purchased there. She arrived at Port Jackson Sydney, Australia, on 26th January 1788. The Friendship left Port Jackson on the 14th July in 1788 in company with the Alexander, this ship transported the quite famous convict, Henry Kimble. The crews of both ships where so badly affected by scurvy off the coast of Borneo, that enough healthy sailors remained for only one working ship, and the Friendship was deliberately sunk by the convicts. By abby
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