The story of the life and wrecking of HMS Sirius is only one half of her tale. The HMS 'Sirius' played a central role in the establishment of the first European settlement in Australia and arrived at Sydney Cove on 26 January 1788.

The flagship of the First Fleet, HMS Sirius was fitted out as an armed storeship with 20 guns. 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. HMS Sirius (painting by Ian Hansen) She was launched in 1780 under the name BERWICK for use in the East India trade.

On 30 September 1787, while the First Fleet was sailing from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town, George Raper became a midshipman. The anchor of HMS Sirius has been recovered. H.M.S. She was wrecked on a reef in Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island, on March 19, 1790, so that the anchor of this pioneer ship has been recovered after a lapse of 115 years.

A naval vessel, she carried 16 marines and accompanied the flagship HMS Sirius on the voyage to Sydney Cove. 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. In 1790, the ship was wrecked on the reef, south east of Kingston Pier, in Slaughter Bay, Norfolk Island . HMS Sirius (1797) was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate, and served during the Napoleonic Wars until she was lost at the Battle of Grand Port, Isle de France. 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 First Fleet carried the convicts and soldiers to Australia to start a penal colony.

The Sirius was the flag-ship of Captain Phillip, who commanded the first English fleet to arrive at Botany Bay. 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.

Sirius was wrecked off the coast of Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean in 1790. HMS Supply was the smallest and fastest ship in the First Fleet. This was the start of European settlement in Australia. This frigate, under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, led a fleet of 11 ships carrying 1350 convicts, sailors and other passengers, to establish the first European settlement in New South Wales. 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) … Over the next three years she made 11 more voyages, the last causing her so much damage that she was ordered back to England. 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 (1786) was the flagship of the First Fleet to Australia. It had a displacement of 540 tonnes. Captain Arthur Phillip was initially on the HMS Sirius, which was the leading ship of the First Fleet.

HMS Sirius (1813) was a fifth-rate frigate. HMS Sirius (1868) was an Eclipse -class wooden screw sloop sold in 1885. 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 ship was badly burnt in a fire, was bought and rebuilt by the Royal Navy in 1786, retaining its original name. She reached Plymouth on 21 April 1792.