HMS Sirius

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First Fleet flagship Royal Navy warship sixth-rate ship

HMS Sirius was the Royal Navy warship that served as the flagship of the First Fleet, leading the establishment of the first British colony in Australia in 1788.

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Label Occurrences
HMS Sirius canonical 8

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Fleet flagship ⓘ
Royal Navy warship ⓘ
sixth-rate ship ⓘ
armamentType 9-pounder guns ⓘ
arrivalDateAtBotanyBay January 1788 ⓘ
arrivalDateAtPortJackson 26 January 1788 ⓘ
arrivedAt Botany Bay ⓘ
beam about 9 metres ⓘ
captainDuringVoyageToAustralia John Hunter ⓘ
carried convicts ⓘ
marines ⓘ
supplies ⓘ
carriedGovernor Arthur Phillip ⓘ
causeOfWreck grounded on reef ⓘ
commandedBy Arthur Phillip ⓘ
John Hunter ⓘ
commissioned 1781 ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
crewSurvivors all hands saved ⓘ
departedPortsmouth 13 May 1787 ⓘ
displacement about 520 tons burthen ⓘ
fate wrecked ⓘ
flagshipOf Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
surface form: First Fleet
gunDeckArmament 20 guns ⓘ
launched 1780 ⓘ
length about 30 metres overall ⓘ
memorialLocation Norfolk Island ⓘ
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⓘ
surface form: Sydney, New South Wales
mission establish first British colony in Australia ⓘ
namedAfter Sirius ⓘ
surface form: Sirius (star)
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
originalName Berwick-upon-Tweed ⓘ
surface form: Berwick
partOf Landing of the First Fleet ⓘ
surface form: First Fleet
propulsion sail ⓘ
purchasedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
purchasedFrom commercial service ⓘ
renamed HMS Sirius self-link ⓘ
renamedInYear 1781 ⓘ
rigging ship-rigged ⓘ
role colony support vessel ⓘ
convict transport escort ⓘ
sailedFrom Portsmouth ⓘ
sailedTo Sydney Harbour ⓘ
surface form: Port Jackson
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
significance flagship of the First Fleet to Australia ⓘ
key supply ship for early Sydney colony ⓘ
supportedColonyAt Sydney Cove ⓘ
wreckDate 19 March 1790 ⓘ
wreckedAt Norfolk Island ⓘ
wreckedNear Kingston, Norfolk Island ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Landing of the First Fleet → flagship → HMS Sirius ⓘ
Landing of the First Fleet → hasPart → HMS Sirius ⓘ
Alexander (ship) → partOfConvoyWith → HMS Sirius ⓘ
Lady Penrhyn (ship) → convoyCompanions → HMS Sirius ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady Penrhyn
Prince of Wales (ship) → sailedWith → HMS Sirius ⓘ
Golden Grove (ship) → partOfConvoyWith → HMS Sirius ⓘ
subject surface form: Golden Grove
Governor Arthur Phillip → shipSailedOn → HMS Sirius ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur Phillip
HMS Sirius → renamed → HMS Sirius self-link ⓘ