HMS Sirius was the flagship of the First Fleet, which set out from Portsmouth, England, in 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales, Australia. In 1790, the ship was …

HMS Sirius was the main ship of the British First Fleet. The First Fleet carried the convicts and soldiers to Australia to start a penal colony. This was the start of European settlement in …

H.M.S. SIRIUS features prominently in our Australian history as she served as Governor Phillip’s flagship, and the guardship to the First Fleet of eleven ships when our nation commenced in …

HMS Sirius was the main ship of the British First Fleet. The First Fleet carried the convicts and soldiers to Australia to start a penal colony. This was the start of European settlement in …

HMS Sirius was the flagship of the First Fleet, which set out from Portsmouth, England, in 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales, Australia. Sirius was wrecked off the …

Built in 1780 as the “Berwick” for the East India trade. She was badly burnt in a fire and was bought and rebuilt by the Navy in 1786 and renamed “Sirius”. Sirius’s hull was well built of …

Pickpocket who was tried at the Old Bailey, London in 1784 for stealing a handkerchief and sentenced to seven years' transportation. He led an attempted mutiny along with accomplice …

HMS Sirius was originally the merchant ship Berwick, which was refitted out as HMS Berwick in early 1782 by the Royal Navy. The ship was commissioned to escort the First Fleet and …

On 12 October 1786, Berwick was renamed HMS Sirius after the southern and brightest star visible from anywhere on Earth, located in the constellation Canis Major the Greater Dog. …

The flagship of the First Fleet, HMS Sirius was fitted out as an armed storeship with 20 guns. It was required to carry personnel for the penal settlement, embarking some 136 seamen, …