&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:HMS_Sirius.jpg) HMS Sirius stranded on a coral shoal. Lithograph by A. Meyer (National Maritime Museum, London)
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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Ordered | 30 April 1795 |
| Builder | John Dudman, Deptford |
| Laid down | September 1795 |
| Launched | 12 April 1797 |
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| Fate | Destroyed by fire (scuttled), 25 August 1810 |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Tons burthen | 104659⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 148 ft 10 in (45.4 m) (gundeck); 124 ft 0+1⁄8 in (37.8 m) (keel) |
| Beam | 39 ft 10 in (12.1 m) |
| Depth of hold | 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 247 officers and men |
| Armament | |
HMS Sirius was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Between 1797 and 1805, the Sirius was engaged in maintaining the blockade of Napoleonic Europe. She was lost in 1810 when her crew scuttled her after she grounded during the Battle of Grand Port.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. pp. 240–241.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 150.