Ships of the First Fleet

Naval escort

The First Fleet included two Royal Navy escort ships, the ten-gun sixth-rate vessel HMS Sirius under the command of Captain John Hunter, and the armed tender HMS Supply commanded by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball.

Naval escorts (depart England 13 May 1787)^[10]

Ship	Type	Master	Crew[11]	Dep. England	Arr. Botany Bay	Duration (Days)
HMS Supply	Yard craft	Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball		13 May 1787 from Spithead	18 January 1788	250
HMS Sirius	10-gun ship	Captain John Hunter		13 May 1787 from Portsmouth	20 January 1788	252

Convict transports

Convict transports (depart England 13 May 1787)^[12]

Ship	Type	Master	Crew[11]	Arr. Botany Bay	Duration (Days)	Male convicts arrived (boarded)	Female convicts arrived (boarded)
Alexander	Barque	Duncan Sinclair	40	19 January 1788	251	210 – two were pardoned	none
Charlotte	heavy sailer	Thomas Gilbert	30	20 January 1788	252	100	24
Friendship	Brig	Francis Walton	20	19 January 1788	251	80	24 – to Cape of Good Hope only
Lady Penrhyn	transport	William Cropton Server	31	20 January 1788	252	none	101
Prince of Wales	Barque	John Mason	25	20 January 1788	252	2	47
Scarborough	transport	Captain John Marshall	35	19 January 1788	251	210	none

Food and supply transports

Ropes, crockery, agricultural equipment and a miscellany of other stores were needed. Items transported included tools, agricultural implements, seeds, spirits, medical supplies, bandages, surgical instruments, handcuffs, leg irons and a prefabricated wooden frame for the colony's first Government House.^[13] The party had to rely on its own provisions to survive until it could make use of local materials, assuming suitable supplies existed, and grow its own food and raise livestock.

Food and supply transports (depart England 13 May 1787)

Ship	Type	Master	Crew	Arr. Botany Bay	Duration (days)
Golden Grove	storeship	William Sharp	N/A	20 January 1788	252
Fishburn	storeship	Robert Brown	N/A	20 January 1788	252
Borrowdale	storeship	Hobson Reed	N/A	20 January 1788	252