Built as a cargo vessel in Whitby in 1780, for Leighton & Co.
Launched as FISHBURN.
Tonnage 378 tons burthen. Dim. 31.4 x 8.8m.
Ship rigged.
Together with the First Fleet she left the Solent on 13 May 1787 under command of Captain Robert Brown with a total of 28 people on board, making calls at Tenerife, Canary Islands, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town, she arrived in Botany Bay 20 January 1788.
Botany Bay was not suitable for a settlement, and the fleet sailed to Port Jackson where they arrived on 26 January 1788.
After discharging the stores, equipment and animals, she sailed from Port Jackson on 19 November 1788 in company with the GOLDEN GROVE, sailing via Cape Horn.
Made a call at the Falkland Islands to let the crew recover from scurvy.
25 May 1789 she arrived back in England, where after she disappears from the records.
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Source: The Convict Ships 1788-1868 by Charles Batteson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishburn_(ship)