Alexander (ship)

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Alexander was one of the convict transport ships in the First Fleet that carried British settlers and prisoners to establish the first European colony in Australia in 1788.

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Alexander (ship) canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Fleet ship
convict transport ship
arrivalEvent arrival of First Fleet at Botany Bay
arrival of First Fleet at Port Jackson
associatedWith British colonisation of Australia
transportation of British convicts
carried British convicts
British settlers
marines
carriedToNewSouthWales male convicts
category Convict ships to New South Wales
First Fleet transport ships
countryOfOrigin Great Britain
destination Botany Bay
New South Wales
Sydney Harbour
surface form: Port Jackson
flag British flag
historicalSignificance helped found British penal colony in Australia
notableFor being one of the largest convict transports in the First Fleet
operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
operator UK government
surface form: British government
participatedIn establishment of first European colony in Australia
partOf Landing of the First Fleet
surface form: First Fleet
partOfConvoyWith Borrowdale (ship)
Charlotte (ship)
Fishburn (ship)
Friendship of Salem (replica East Indiaman)
surface form: Friendship (ship)

Golden Grove (ship)
HMS Sirius
HMS Supply
Lady Penrhyn (ship)
Prince of Wales (ship)
Scarborough (ship)
purpose transport convicts to Australia
transport settlers to Australia
routeStop Cape Town
Rio de Janeiro
Tenerife
sailedFrom England
Portsmouth
sailedTo Australia
New South Wales
serviceEntry 18th century
timePeriod Age of Sail
yearOfEvent 1787
1788

Referenced by (4)

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Landing of the First Fleet hasPart Alexander (ship)
Lady Penrhyn (ship) convoyCompanions Alexander (ship)
subject surface form: Lady Penrhyn
Prince of Wales (ship) sailedWith Alexander (ship)
Golden Grove (ship) partOfConvoyWith Alexander (ship)
subject surface form: Golden Grove