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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.

References

  1. ^ "HMS ASSISTANT". Bligh Encyclopedia. Pitcairn Island Study Center, Pacific Union College. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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