There was no Captain of the Second Fleet of convicts to Australia, just skippers for each of the individual ships. This was because the Second Fleet was not placed under government command, but was contracted out to private shipowners and businesses.
Captain John Hunter was second in command on the First Fleet, after Captain Arthur Phillip.
The Second Fleet arrived in Australia in 1790.The Lady Juliana was the first of the Second Fleet's ships to arrive in Australia, doing so on 3 June 1790.
Captain Arthur Phillip commanded the First Fleet. He was a naval officer who, in October 1786, was appointed Governor-designate of the proposed British penal colony of New South Wales.
The First Fleet carried the first group of convicts to Australia. It was followed later by the Second and Third fleets, but after that, shiploads of convicts sailed independently or in pairs.
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The second landfall of the First Fleet was on 26 January 1788. Now, 26 January is celebrated as Australia Day, to remember the day the men and women of the First Fleet came ashore.The first landfall was when the First Fleet arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788. At this time, Captain Arthur Phillips decided it was unsuitable for settlement because of the following:a lack of fresh waterthe timber was unsuitable for buildingthe soil was of poor qualitythere was no safe, deep harbourPhillip then moved the First Fleet north to Port Jackson, where they arrived on 26 January 1788.
The First Fleet was fully commissioned by the British Government. The ships were sourced, purchased, fitted out and supplied by the government. Captain Arthur Phillip was chosen to command the First Fleet, and his first concern was always the health of the convicts, as he knew they would be crucial to the establishment and success of the new colony. The Second Fleet was contracted out to non-government shipowners. This meant that those in command had no vested interest in ensuring the convicts arrived in good health. Arthur Phillip was appalled at the state of the Second Fleet convicts when they arrived. Far higher numbers of convicts died during the voyage of the Second Fleet than during the First Fleet.
Captain Arthur Phillip was in charge of the First Fleet of convicts to Australia.
Fleet Command was created in 1999.
Fleet Command happened in 1999.
The Lady Juliana was not in the First Fleet. It was the first of the Second Fleet's ships to arrive in Australia, doing so on 3 June 1790.
He was second-in-command of a fleet of an English fleet and helped to defeat the Spanish. We refer to this entire incident as the Spanish Armada.
The U.S. Navy's 2nd Fleet was disestablished in September 2011 by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to save costs. Fleet responsibilities were transferred to the United States Fleet Forces Command,
United States Fleet Forces Command was created in 2006.
The Second Fleet arrived in Australia in 1790.The Lady Juliana was the first of the Second Fleet's ships to arrive in Australia, doing so on 3 June 1790.
Captain Arthur Phillip commanded the First Fleet. He was a naval officer who, in October 1786, was appointed Governor-designate of the proposed British penal colony of New South Wales.
there were 6 ships in the second fleet
Takijiro Onishi was in overall command of the First Air Fleet .