The oldest and smallest of the First Fleet ships, she was built in 1759 as a yard craft of 175 tons, and had carried naval supplies between the Thames and Channel ports for 27 years. She left Spithead on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788 with the First Fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip (who had transferred from the HMS Sirius at Cape Town). She was captained by Henry Lidgbird Ball and the surgeon was James Callam. Supply was the first ship to sail into Port Jackson after the original Botany Bay landing was found unsuitable for settlement.