Prince of Wales (ship)

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Prince of Wales was one of the eleven ships of the First Fleet that transported convicts and settlers from Britain to establish the first European colony in Australia in 1788.

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Label Occurrences
Prince of Wales (ship) canonical 4

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Fleet ship
convict transport ship
arrivalDate 1788-01-26
arrivalPort Sydney Harbour
surface form: Port Jackson
arrivalRegion New South Wales
associatedWith Governor Arthur Phillip
associatedWithEvent European colonisation of Australia
convoy Landing of the First Fleet
surface form: First Fleet convoy
countryOfOrigin Great Britain
departureCountry England
departureDate 1787-05-13
departurePort Portsmouth
destination Colony of New South Wales
surface form: New South Wales colony
era Age of Sail
flag British Red Ensign
historicalSignificance helped establish first permanent European settlement in Australia
notableFor carrying convicts on the First Fleet to Australia in 1787–1788
operatedBy UK government
surface form: British government
operationalStatusDuringFirstFleet merchant vessel chartered by the British government
participatedIn Landing of the First Fleet
surface form: voyage of the First Fleet to Australia
partOf Landing of the First Fleet
surface form: First Fleet
purpose support establishment of first European colony in Australia
transport convicts to Australia
route England to New South Wales via Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town
sailedWith Alexander (ship)
Borrowdale (ship)
Charlotte (ship)
Fishburn (ship)
Friendship (ship)
Golden Grove (ship)
HMS Sirius
HMS Supply
Lady Penrhyn (ship)
Scarborough (ship)
transported convicts
marines
settlers
supplies
type square-rigged sailing ship
usedBy British penal transportation system
usedFor long-distance oceanic transport
yearOfVoyage 1787
1788

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