HMS Assistant

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Assistant

Assistant was a brig of 110 tons burden, armed with four 4-pounders and eight swivel guns, and carrying a complement of twenty-seven.[1]

She accompanied HMS Providence (1791) as tender on William Bligh's second breadfruit expedition from August 1791 to August 1793. Her commander was Lieutenant Nathaniel Portlock.

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Captain Nathaniel Portlock (c. 1747–1817)

References

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  • Lieutenant Nathaniel Portlock's Logbook of the Assistant, with brief biographical notes