The First Fleet of ships carrying convicts to Australia departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787.
The First Fleet was sent to New South Wales to bring settlers and convicts.
It was not a single ship, but a fleet consisting of eleven ships. It was called the First Fleet.
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The first convicts were sent to Australia on the First Fleet, which consisted of eleven ships. Subsequent convicts were also sent on ships, as that was the only method for transporting any cargo overseas. There were no aeroplanes.
Between the years 1788 and 1850, England sent a total of 806 ships to Australia (including the eleven in the First Fleet), carrying over 162,000 convicts.
The convicts who came to Australia in the First Fleet committed a variety of crimes, from simple pick-pocketing to petty theft and larger scale crimes. Those committed of fraud and assault were also sent on the First Fleet, and there were some political rebels, particularly in later fleets. There were no murderers on the First Fleet. See the related link for details on specific prisoners and their crimes.
The Spanish Armada
The First Fleet was known as the First Fleet when it came to Australia.
Spain sent a fleet of ships called the Armada to attack the English fleet.
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No. There was no mutiny on the first fleet.
According to the website First Fleet Fellowship, there were 44 sheep on board the First Fleet.