HMS Supply
Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Supply.
- A fireship, purchased 1672, expended 1673
- A fireship, purchased 1688
- The third played an important part in the foundation of Australia.
Oldest and smallest of the First Fleet ships, she was built in 1759 as an armed trader, of 175 tons, and had carried naval supplies between the Thames and Channel ports for 27 years. She left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. She was captained by Henry Lidgbird Ball and the surgeon was James Callam. After the establishment of the initial settlement at Port Jackson, she was the link between the colony and Norfolk Island, making 10 trips. Following the loss of Sirius in 1790 she became the colony's only link with the outside world. On 17 April 1790 she was sent to Batavia for supplies, returning on 19 September, having chartered a Dutch vessel, the Waaksamheid, to follow with more stores. Supply left Port Jackson on 26 November 1791 and sailed via Cape Horn reaching Plymouth on 21 April 1792. She was bought at auction in July 1792, renamed Thomas and Nancy, and carried coal in the Thames area until 1806.
- Fourthly, a storeship purchased 1777, burnt 1779
- A storeship purchased 1781, sold 1784
- A birch storeship purchased 1793, broken up 1806
- A transport launched 1798, broken up 1834
- An iron-screw storeship purchased 1854, broken up 1879
References
- Colledge, J.J. and Warlow, B. (2006) Ships of the Royal Navy : the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London : Chatham, ISBN 1-86176-281-X
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