The ship Robert Watson was quartermaster on was one of how many ships in the flotilla that founded England's Australian penal colony?
Robert Watson (harbourmaster) Robert Watson (1756–1819) was a British sailor who arrived in Australia with the First Fleet as quartermaster of "Sirius" .
Prince of Wales (1786 ship) Prince of Wales was a transport ship in the First Fleet, assigned to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia. Accounts differ regarding her origins; she may have been built and launched in 1779 at Sidmouth, or in 1786 on the River Thames. Her First Fleet voyage commenced in 1787, with 47 female convicts aboard, and she arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788. On a difficult return voyage in 17881789 she became separated from her convoy and was found drifting helplessly off Rio de Janeiro with her crew incapacitated by scurvy.