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 1788.

HMS Sirius (painting by Ian Hansen) She was launched in 1780 under the name BERWICK for use in the East India trade. HMS Sirius was originally the merchant ship Berwick, which was refitted out asHMS Berwick in early 1782 by the Royal Navy.The ship was commissioned to escort the First Fleet and renamed HMS Sirius in October 1786, leaving Portsmouth on 13 May 1787 for the 36 week voyage as the flagship Royal escort ship of the First Fleet.. HMS Sirius travelled to the Cape of Good Hope from Port Jackson to obtain … HMS Sirius (1813) was a fifth-rate frigate. In 1787 she was the lead ship for the First Fleet of eleven ships setting out from Britain on the voyage to establish the first settlement in Australia.

The flagship of the First Fleet, HMS Sirius was fitted out as an armed storeship with 20 guns. Over the next three years she made 11 more voyages, the last causing her so much damage that she was ordered back to England.

HMS Sirius was the main ship of the British First Fleet.

HMS Sirius was originally the merchant ship Berwick, which was refitted out asHMS Berwick in early 1782 by the Royal Navy.The ship was commissioned to escort the First Fleet and renamed HMS Sirius in October 1786, leaving Portsmouth on 13 May 1787 for the 36 week voyage as the flagship Royal escort ship of the First Fleet.. HMS Sirius travelled to the Cape of Good Hope from Port Jackson to obtain … She reached Plymouth on 21 April 1792.

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. The vessel served as the flagship and was the largest of the 11 ships comprising the First Fleet commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip, who was to be the first Governor of the new colony of New South Wales. The ship was badly burnt in a fire, was bought and rebuilt by the Royal Navy in 1786, retaining its original name. It was required to carry personnel for the penal settlement, embarking some 136 seamen, marines and officers, as well as her share of provisions and stores for Botany Bay. Sirius, commanded by Captain John Hunter, was the flagship of the First Fleet, which under Commodore Arthur Phillip transported convicts from England to New South Wales in Australia. In 1790, the ship was wrecked on the reef, south east of Kingston Pier, in Slaughter Bay, Norfolk Island . THE IMPORTANCE OF HMS SIRIUS TO THE FIRST FLEET The ship's background: Built in 1780 as an 'East country man', a maritime term of the time referring to ships participating in the Baltic Sea trade, the ship was named the Berwick. 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. Le HMS Sirius est un navire de 10 canons en service dans la Royal Navy.. Histoire. Sirius museum - A dedicated HMS Sirius Museum houses the most significant array of First Fleet cultural material Objects of interest (artefacts, images or other collection items) …