Phillip sails ahead

Phillip sails ahead

Captain Arthur Phillip divided the fleet and sailed ahead with the four fastest ships –

Supply

,

Alexander

,

Scarborough

and

Friendship

. Captain John Hunter was put in charge of the remainder of the fleet. Phillip recorded in 1789:

On the 25th, being then only 80 leagues to the eastward of the cape, Governor Phillip leftSirius and went on board theSupply tender; in hopes, by leaving the convoy, to gain sufficient time for examining the country round Botany Bay, so as to fix on the situation most eligible for the colony, before the transports should arrive.

The voyage

• 13 May 1787
• 20 May 1787
• 3 June to 10 June 1787
• 21 June 1787
• 14 July 1787
• 6 August to 4 September 1787
• 14 October to 12 November 1787
• 25 November 1787
• 18 to 20 January 1788

Portsmouth, England Release from fetters Santa Cruz, Tenerife Missing Port Praya Crossing the equator Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa Phillip sails ahead Botany Bay, Australia

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