Captain Arthur Phillip did not send the First Fleet: he commanded it. Captain Arthur Phillip was offered the commissionto be captain of the First Fleet. He had been in semi-retirement for several years, occupied as a farmer, but he was keen to be of service in the navy once again. Phillip offered his services and informed the authorities he was prepared to be of service "anywhere in the Empire" - and they took him up on his offer, sending him as Captain of the First Fleet to New South Wales, literally the other side of the world.
The first thing Captain Arthur Phillip did when he landed in Botany Bay with the First Fleet was to assess up the suitability of the bay for settlement. Despite Captain James Cook's glowing report, Phillip found that there were several problems with Botany Bay.there was no suitable water supplythere was no safe, sheltered harbourthe soil was poor qualitythere was insufficient timber that could be used for buildingSo, Phillip's next step was to send a scout ship north to find a better harbour and more suitable site for settlement. In the end, Phillip led the First Fleet to Port Jackson, where Sydney now stands.
On 18 August 1786 the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military and civilian personnel to Botany Bay, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, who was appointed Governor-designate.
This decision was officially made on 18 August 1786. This was when it was decided to send a colonisation party of convicts, military and civilian personnel to Botany Bay, New South Wales, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, who was appointed Governor-designate. The First Fleet of convicts departed Portsmouth, England on 13 May 1787 and arrived in New South Wales on 18 January 1788 (moving to Sydney Cove on 26 January).
11 ships in the first fleet they areHMS SupplyHMS SiriusCharlotteAlexanderFriendshipLadyPenryhnPrince Of WalesScarboroughGolden GroveFishburnBorrowdale .they got there from the 18th to the 20th of January!they left from Portsmouth, England and stopped at santa cruz, cape town, and Rio De Janeiro. In the late 1700's England was becoming over crowed with convicts. They could not send any more to America because of the revolution and all the prisons and ships in the harbour were full. They had no choice but to send them to New Holland (Australia), the land that Captain Cook had discovered on his voyages in the Endeavour. They sent 11 ships. There were 6 convict ships, the Alexander, the Charlotte, the Lady Penryhn, the Friendship, the Prince Of Wales and the Scarborough. The other shops were the HMS Sirius, the HMS Supply, the Fishburn, the Borrowdale and the Golden grove. Captain Arthur Phillip was appointed governor of New South Wales and he travelled on the HMS Sirius on the Journey to New Holland.
It was known as the Great White Fleet.
The british would have said "oh that's a pity" lets send some more.
The Great White Fleet
England to invade the country.
President millard fillmore sent a letter with the captain of the ship demanding that japan open its ports to diplomatic and commercial exchange.
The Great White Fleet
Send convicts to a island
The First Fleet was the first fleet of eleven ships which arrived in Australia in January 1788, carrying convicts, officers, marines and their families. They arrived at Port Jackson, now known as Sydney, New South Wales, to establish a convict colony. The First Fleet was the result of very difficult conditions in England in the 18th century. The industrial revolution had removed many people's opportunities to earn an honest wage as simpler tasks were replaced by machine labour. As unemployment rose, so did crime, especially the theft of basic necessities such as food and clothing. The British prison system was soon full to overflowing, and a new place had to be found to ship the prison inmates. The American colonies were no longer viable, following the American war of Independence. Following Captain Cook's voyage to the South Pacific in 1770, the previously uncharted continent of New Holland proved to be suitable. Cook had claimed the eastern half of the continent for England, naming it "New South Wales", and determined that a small bay in the south which he named "Botany Bay" would present the ideal conditions for a penal colony. On 18 August 1786 the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military and civilian personnel to Botany Bay, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, who was appointed Governor-designate.