HMS Sirius (1786)

HMS Sirius (1786)

10 guns:
4 × 6pdrs

6 × 18pdr carronades

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 coast of Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean in 1790.

Read more about HMS Sirius (1786):  Construction, As HMS Berwick, Voyage To Australia, Legacy, Affiliations