What is Fishburn (ship)?
{{italictitle}} The '''''Fishburn''''' was a store ship in the [[First Fleet]]. The First Fleet carried the [[convict]]s and [[soldier]]s to [[Australia]] to start a [[penal colony]]. The ships left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788. This was the start of [[Europe]]an settlement of Australia. The ''Fishburn'' was a ship of 378 tons under the command of Master Robert Brown.<ref name=aust>{{cite encyclopedia | title =First Fleet | encyclopedia =Australian Encyclopaedia | volume = IV| pages =72-76 | publisher =Angus and Robertson | date = 1958| id = | accessdate = }}</ref><ref name=cs/> The ship was {{convert|94|ft|m|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|26|ft|m|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} wide. It had been built in [[Whitby]] in 1780.<ref name=cs>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Fishburn+1788 |title=The First Fleet store ships - the Fishburn |accessdate=2008-12-28 |format= |work=Convict Stockade by History Australia |archive-date=2008-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725150804/http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Fishburn+1788 |url-status=dead }}</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 ''Fishburn'' and the ''Golden Grove'' left [[Port Jackson]] in November 1788 to return to England. She had to rest at the [[Falkland Islands]] for several days as several sailors were sick. She was returned to her owners at [[Deptford]] on May 25, 1789. No other information has been found about the ship afterwards.<ref name=cs/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Fishburn+1788 A list of 5 people who were on the Fishburn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725150804/http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php