Borrowdale (1785 ship)

Borrowdale from three angles
History
Great Britain
NameBorrowdale
NamesakeBorrowdale
Launched1785, Sunderland
FateSunk, 31 October 1789
General characteristics
TypeStoreship
Tons burthen272, or 340 (bm)
Length75 ft (23 m)
Beam22 ft (6.7 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement22
Armament4 guns

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.