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How many sailors were in the First Fleet?
Sources vary, but there were approximately 191 soldiers, known as marines, despatched to guard the convicts on the First Fleet to Australia.
What did the first fleet have on their ships?
The First Fleet was made up primarily of convicts. There were many sailors, marines and officers as well, and a large number of stock animals.
Who built the First Fleet in Australia?
The First Fleet was not something that was built. The First Fleet was the fleet in which the first permanent settlers travelled to Australia, and it was made up of convicts, marines and officers from England.
Who was on board the first fleet?
Convicts,Marines,Officers,Surgeons,Sailers and a Captain
What clothing did they have on the First Fleet?
The convicts on the First Fleet had nothing more than the clothes they wore when they were convicted. The officers wore their uniforms of the British Marines.
Were all the people on the first fleet convicts?
No. The First Fleet consisted of convicts, officers, marines and, in some cases, their families, and some free settlers.
Were there guards on the First Fleet?
yes, all the convicts were guarded by 191 marine officers and around 19 ordinary officers.
Were convicts aboard the first fleet?
Yes. The First Fleet carried convicts, marines to guard them, and officers to oversee the new colony in New South Wales.
Did the convicts or the officers of the First Fleet row the dinghies to the shore of Botany Bay?
the convicts
What did explorers wear in the First Fleet?
The First Fleet was not a fleet of exploration. It was made up of British officers, marines and the hundreds of convicts they guarded, and it was for the purpose of colonising the continent that later became known as Australia.
How many men and women were on the first fleet?
717 convicts of whom 180 were women, guarded by 191 marines under 19 officers.
When did the first fleet decide to leave Plymouth?
The First Fleet did not leave Plymouth. The first Fleet refers to the eleven ships carrying convicts, marines and officers, who established the first European settlement in New South Wales. The First Fleet departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787.
