What is Borrowdale (ship)?
{{italictitle}} The '''''Borrowdale''''' was a store ship in the [[First Fleet]] which carried the [[convict]]s and [[soldier]]s to [[Australia]] to start a [[penal colony]]. This was the start of [[Europe]]an settlement of Australia. The ''Borrowdale'' was a ship of 275 tons which had been built at [[Sunderland]] in about 1785.<ref name=frost>{{cite book | last =Alan | first =Frost | title =The First Fleet: the real story | publisher =Black Inc. | date =2011 | location =Collingwood, Victoria | page =92 | isbn = 9781863955294}}</ref> It was under the command of Master R. Hobson.<ref name=aust>{{cite encyclopedia | title =First Fleet | encyclopedia =Australian Encyclopaedia | volume = IV| pages =72–76 | publisher =Angus and Robertson | date = 1958}}</ref> The ship had a contract with the British Government to transport food and [[wikt:equipment|equipment]]. The owners were paid at a rate of 10 shillings per ton per month until the ship returned to [[Deptford, London|Deptford]].<ref name=aust/> The ''Borrowdale'' left [[Sydney]] in July, 1788. The crew became very sick with [[scurvy]]. When the ship got to [[Rio de Janeiro]] several sailors were taken to hospital. Five sailors died on the way back to England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Borrowdale+1788 |title=The First Fleet Stores Ships - the Borrowdale |access-date=2008-12-29 |work=Convict Stockade by History Australia |archive-date=2008-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725151016/http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Borrowdale+1788 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Borrowdale+1788 A list of 5 people who are known to have sailed on the ''Borrowdale''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725151016/http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Borrowdale+1788 |date=2008-07-25 }} * [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252