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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. ''Sirius'' was wrecked off the coast of Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean in 1790. ==Construction== ''Sirius'' had been converted from a merchantman, ''Berwick''. There has been confusion over the early history of ''Berwick''. A note about her by future New South Wales governor Philip Gidley King, describing her as a former 'East country man', was interpreted for many years as relating to the East Indies trade; however, analysis of the maritime nomenclature of the time suggests that this description referred instead to ships participating in the Baltic trade. ''Berwick'' was likely built in 1780 by Christopher Watson and Co. of Rotherhithe, who also built another ship of the first fleet, the ''Prince of Wales''.〔Henderson and Stanbury, p. 40〕 She had a burthen of 511 tons and, after being burnt in a fire, was bought and rebuilt by the Royal Navy in November 1781, retaining her original name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Sirius (1786)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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