Supply HMS

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Rig

Brig/Armed Tender

Built

1759

Built In

Tonnage

170

Description

Launched in 1759, the third HMS Supply was a Royal Navy armed tender that played an important part in the foundation of Australia.[2] The Navy sold her in 1792. She then served commercially until c. 1806.
The Admiralty sold her at auction in July 1792 and her new owners renamed her Thomas and Nancy. She then carried coal in the Thames area until 1806.

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