First Fleet
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The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 British ships that took the first British colonists and convicts to Australia. It comprised two Royal Navy vessels, three store ships and six convict transports. Wikipedia
Date: 13 May 1787 to 20 January 1788
Deaths: 48 died at sea
Location: Portsmouth, England and Botany Bay, Colony of New South Wales
Patron(s): Lord Sandwich and Sir Joseph Banks