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The melancholy loss of HMS Sirius off Norfolk I...

The melancholy loss of HMS Sirius off Norfolk Island 19 March 1790

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Raper, George

National Library of Australia

HMS Sirius

Flagship of the first fleet, Sirius was vital to the survival of the young colony.

HMS Supply

HMS Supply was the smallest and fastest ship in the First Fleet. A naval vessel, she carried 16 marines and accompanied the flagship HMS Sirius on the voyage to Sydney Cove. Over the next three years she made 11 more voyages, the last causing her so much damage that she was ordered back to England. She reached Plymouth on 21 April 1792.

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HMS Sirius

Flagship of the First Fleet, which arrived in Sydney in 1788, and was wrecked off Norfolk Island in 1790.

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