The First Fleet
LAURA KLEMKE
The Ships
There were 11 ships in the first fleet including, Scarborough, Prince Of Wales, Lady Penryn, Charlotte, Alexanda ,Friend Ship, the Golden Gale, Supplies HMS and the lead ship,Sirius HMS .
The Journey
They left Portsmouth with 11 ship , it took them about 3 months to get to Rio di Janerio , when they arrived they got new fresh meat, fruit and vegetables, they also collected seeds of new fruits like, banana, quava, pineapple and peach that they hoped to plant int here future colony. next they went across the South Atlantic Ocean to get to Cape of Good Hope, it took about 5 moths to get there. when they got there they supplies, and headed of the Australia ,when they arrived they clamed settlement on the 25.1.1788