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Borrowdale (1785 ship)
A storeship of First Fleet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see Borrowdale (ship).
Borrowdale was a three-masted, square rigged merchant ship, launched in 1785, that served as a storeship of the First Fleet, a convoy of 11 ships taking settlers and convicts to establish the first European colony in Australia. She was wrecked in 1789.
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Name | Borrowdale |
Namesake | Borrowdale |
Launched | 1785, Sunderland |
Fate | Sunk, 31 October 1789 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Storeship |
Tons burthen | 272, or 340[2] (bm) |
Length | 75 ft (23 m) |
Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 22 |
Armament | 4 guns |
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