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Former Bay class Australian Customs Vessel Botany Bay (ACV30) returns to Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin, Australia The Defence Strategic Review due in 2023 is reportedly considering removing the Arafura-class from Royal Australian Navy service and transferring them to the Australian Border Force Marine Unit, this is being considered as the Arafura ...
Container ships sailing for the company under the OCL banner were characterised by their green hulls with white topping, white superstructure and green funnels bearing the initials OCL in white letters. All OCL ships' names ended in Bay, such as Encounter Bay, Tokyo Bay, Liverpool Bay, Resolution Bay and Mairangi Bay.
The two bridges across the Alexandra Canal—the road bridge at Ricketty Street and the railway bridge—formerly had lifting spans to allow ships to pass. [243] [244] Botany Bay was, in those days, a shallow port with sandbanks and the Alexandra Canal too was shallow; both could only be used by smaller ships.
Botany Bay (Dharawal: Kamay) is an open oceanic embayment, [2] located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 13 km (8 mi) south of the Sydney central business district.Its source is the confluence of the Georges River at Taren Point and San Souci as well as the Cooks River at Kyeemagh, which flows 10 km (6 mi) to the east before meeting its mouth at the Tasman Sea, midpoint between the ...
A Bay-class vessel has a crew of 12. [2] The Bay-class was built by Austal. [3] The eight ships were delivered over a period of 19 months, beginning in February 1999. [2] The Bay-class design was used as the basis for the 14 larger Armidale-class patrol boats in use with the Royal Australian Navy, [4] and the 10 patrol boats used by the Yemen ...
La Perouse was named after the French navigator Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741–88), who landed on the northern shore of Botany Bay west of Bare Island on 26 January 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip and the first fleet of convicts had arrived in Botany Bay a few days earlier.
Supply was also the first ship to sail into Port Jackson after the original Botany Bay landing was found unsuitable for settlement. [11] After the establishment of the initial settlement at Port Jackson, Supply was the link between the colony and Norfolk Island, making 10 trips. [9]
In all, eleven ships were sent in what became known as the First Fleet. Other than the convict transports, there were two naval escorts and three storeships. The fleet assembled in Portsmouth and set sail on 13 May 1787. [16] The eleven ships arrived at Botany Bay over the three-day period of 18 - 20 January 1788.