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The First Fleet sailors were treated well enough, as it was upon them that the marines and officers relied to safely reach New South Wales with the cargo of convicts. However, Captain Arthur Phillip tended to be a little more lenient with the convicts than the sailors, knowing that the convicts would be the ones who would literally build the new colony. Sailors were subject to harsher punishments than the convicts, and their food rations were very similar, except that the sailors had access to cheap rum.
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What did the sailors drink in the First Fleet?
The sailors in the First Fleet drank a very inferior type of rum which was purchased for them.
What dancing did the First Fleet do?
There is no record of the people aboard the First Fleet engaging in dancing, although perhaps the sailors did typical sailors' hornpipes for entertainment. The convicts did no dancing whatsoever.
Who was affected in the First Fleet?
Sailors, marine guards, convicts.
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.
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 laestrygons do to Odysseus fleet?
They ate the sailors and destroyed the whole fleet.
Could convicts marry sailors on the first fleet?
A convict could have married a sailor on the First Fleet, but she would still have had to serve her time in New South Wales. A convict wife could not have stayed with her husband, and almost all of the sailors returned to England with the ships.
Could the first fleet ever get off the boat?
The officers, marines and sailors on the First Fleet were permitted to get off the boats at the various stops along the way, but convicts were never permitted off the boats.
Were there any hospitals when the first fleet came?
No. There were no buildings of any description when the First Fleet arrived. At most, sick convicts and marines would have been treated in tents until tehj first huts was built. there was just one doctor/surgeon that sailed with the First Fleet.
Did the convicts on the First Fleet get the same care as the military did?
Yes, the cooks fed them all and the doctor treated them all.
What is the fleet ride pts?
Another useless Navy program designed to befuddle sailors.
Why is the mutiny celebrated?
Because the sailors reacted against a severe regime that treated them worse then herded beasts of burden. They showed great courage when faced with a fleet that was sent to destroy them. In general they resisted taking revenge against their officers.Some of the mutineers were politically motivated but their compassion for fellow sailors outweighed this. This was a factor in the eventual defeat.
