What is Friendship (1784 ship)?
{{italictitle}} The '''''Friendship''''' was a [[convict]] transport ship in the [[First Fleet]]. The First Fleet carried [[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 ''Friendship'' was a ship of 278 tons which had been built in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] 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 =91 | isbn = 9781863955294}}</ref> It was under the command of Master Francis Walton.<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 carry convicts. The owners were paid at a rate of 10 shillings per ton per month until the ship returned to [[Deptford, London|Deptford]]. They had to agree to keep the prisoners secure and in safe custody.<ref name=aust/>The friendship sunk of the coast of Borneo on the way back to England. On her return trip with the ''Alexander'', many of the sailors on the ''Friendship'' became sick with [[scurvy]]. There were not enough sailors fit enough to sail both ships. All the crew went on board the ''Alexander'', and the ''Friendship'' was scuttled (sunk) off the coast of [[Borneo]] on October 28, 1788.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Friendship+1788 |title=The First Fleet transport ship Friendship |access-date=2008-12-29 |work=Convict Stockade by History Australia }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/tiki-index.php?page=Friendship+1788 A list of all the people known to have been on the ''F