&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_melancholy_loss_of_HMS_Sirius_off_Norfolk_Island_March_19th_1790_-_George_Raper.jpg) The melancholy loss of HMS Sirius off Norfolk Island 19 March 1790, by the on-board artist George Raper, National Library of Australia
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Sirius |
| Builder | Watson, Rotherhithe |
| Launched | 1780 |
| Acquired | November 1781 |
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| Fate | Wrecked 19 March 1790 29°03′37″S 167°57′18″E / 29.06028°S 167.95500°E[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 10-gun ship |
| Tons burthen | 51183⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 110 ft 5 in (33.7 m) (gundeck), 89 ft 8.75 in (27.3 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 32 ft 9 in (9.98 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 50 |
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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 wrecked on the reef, south east of Kingston Pier, in Slaughter Bay, Norfolk Island.
- ^ "View Shipwreck - Sirius HMS". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Department of Environment. Retrieved 24 July 2012.