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	HMS Sirius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sirius of 1797 served during the Napoleonic wars.
		The Sirius of 1892 was an Apollo-class protected cruiser that served in World War I.
		Sirius (F40) was a Leander-class frigate in service from 1966 to 1994.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Sirius (152 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Sirius Satellite Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Sirius 4 is a ground spare, in storage at SS/Loral’s facility in Palo Alto, California.
		The dog in the Sirius logo is unofficially named “Mongo,” a name garnished from the debut of Sirius Satellite Radio’s sponsorship on Casey Atwood’s and later Jimmy Spencer’s NASCAR entry, when the announcing cast voted on names.
		Sirius has also inked deals with domestic diva Martha Stewart and longtime New York City DJ \"Cousin Brucie\", who was dropped by WCBS-FM after the station changed to its format from an oldies station to a "Jack" format.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Sirius_Satellite_Radio (656 words)

	Sirius - Tree For All
		Sirius was fired on when she came a little too close to the French Heros as she inspected an approaching merchant ship, but this proved to be American and she was allowed to proceed on her way.
		Sirius fought several actions with ships of her own calibre, the first in 1798 under Captain Richard King off Texel on the 24th October when she fell in with two Dutch ships, the Waakgamheid (24 guns) and the Furie (36 guns) which she pursued and captured.
		Sirius was stationed in the West Indies in 1809 and supported the capture of Martinique, capturing the French brig Edward, which fled as British forces seized the island.
	www.treeforall.org.uk /trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Sirius (459 words)

	Le Sirius
		The frigate HMS Sirius was launched in april 1797 at Dudman's yard on the river Thames at Deptford.
		The cannon balls recovered on the Sirius are mainly 80 to 90 mm shots for 9-pounder guns, 120 to 140 mm shots for 18-pounder cannons, 150 to 160 mm shots for 36-pounder carronnades, 40 to 70 mm grape shots, 26 to 38 mm case shots and 150 mm double headed shots.
		The remaining hull of the Sirius under the mud is covered with copper sheathing suggesting that the remains of the ship form part of the quick work.
	pages.intnet.mu /mmcs/archeo/sirius.htm (5253 words)

	wooden model ships
		HMS Bounty is unquestionably the most famous of all tall ships.
		In 1801, she was Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship prior to the Battle of Copenhagen; he transferred his flag to HMS Elephant, whose lighter draft enabled him to sail closer inshore for the bombardment of the Danish capital on April 2.
		The British Battleship HMS Warrior never fired a shot in anger and never blockaded a hostile port, yet she played a famous part in naval history.
	modelshipmaster.com /products/tall_ships (3483 words)

	Matthew Flinders: letters and papers
		Joined HMS 'Reliance' as assistant surgeon on her 1795 voyage to New South Wales and teamed up with Flinders in various explorations of the coastline.
		Served on HMS 'Reliance' and along with Henry Waterhouse was the first to bring merino sheep to the new colony in New South Wales in 1796.
		Was commander of HMS 'Reliance' with Flinders as master's mate in the 1795 voyage to New South Wales.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /flinders/ListPeople.cfm (3672 words)

	Pigeon more information
		Aged seventeen, he was promoted to Able Seaman and in 1786 he was transferred to HMS Sirius, the flagship in the First Fleet.
		Commanded by Arthur Phillip, HMS Sirius was the flagship of the first eleven ships that contained the convicts and marines that are now acknowledged as the founders of the European settlement of Australia.
		Norfolk Island unfortunately was very difficult to land on and HMS Sirius was wrecked on a reef.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /nature-online/online-ex/art-themes/drawingconclusions/more/pigeon_more_info.htm (1048 words)

	Busk's Navies of the World - 1859 - Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		HMS Waterloo was renamed Conqueror after the original Conqueror was wrecked at the end of 1861.
		The damage to the upperworks of HMS Agamemnon and the French steam battleship Ville de Paris at Sevastopol in particular had convinced many that guns on the upper deck were very vulnerable to shell fire and should be reduced.
		An early screw sloop was HMS Cruizer of 160' long on deck, 1073 tons displacement and armed with 17 32-pr guns.
	thomo.coldie.net /hole_html/britain_1859.html (5301 words)

	HMS Colossus (1787): Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Fleet arrived off Toulon Toulon (tolon in provençal) is a city in southern france and a large military harbor on the mediterranean coast, with a major french naval base....
		In 1797, Colossus was involved in yet another large scale clash of fleets, this time joining a 21-ship strong fleet (including 7 smaller craft), under the command of Admiral John Jervis John jervis, 1st earl of st vincent (9 january, 1735-14 march, 1823) was an admiral in the british royal navy....
		It looked inevitable that she would be raked by Spanish warships, until HMS Orion[For more, click on this link] bravely headed for the heavily damaged Colossus, and covered her, until the danger that she faced had dissipated.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /h/hms_colossus_17872 (1537 words)

	Cutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Revenue did use other vessels as hulks moored in such places as coastal creeks from which officers worked in boats.
		This is how HMS Beagle ended her days.
		After a merger in 1915, the US Revenue Cutter Service became the United States Coast Guard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cutter (725 words)

	HMS Captain: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Captain of 74 guns, launched 1787, was a third-rate In the british royal navy, a third-rate was a ship of the line mounting 64 to 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker)....
		Captain[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject], launched 1869, was a masted turret ship of controversial design which was sunk in a gale on September 7, 1870 a few months after commissioning.
		HMS Blake A series of ships in the british royal navy have carried the name hms blake in honour of admiral robert blake who was, until eclipsed by horatio nelson, the most famous british admiral....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /h/hms_captain2 (366 words)

	Mid
		He transferred into his new ship from the third rate ship HMS Cumberland when she was taken out of service and broken up.
		In 1774 after transferring to the HMS Asia, 64, operating in the American colonies he was made acting lieutenant of HMS Kingfisher, 16.
		He was made Commander of the brig-sloop, HMS Kite on the Jersey station in 1802 and then the hired vessel Rose.
	www.jerseyheritagetrust.org /whats/trafstories.html (2446 words)

	Nelson & The Royal Navy
		On February 14, 1797 he was largely responsible for the British victory at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
		HMS Victory was Lord Nelson's flagship when he died, having won a decisive victory at the battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805.
		Formed in 1755 the marines were awarded their royal prefix on April 29, 1802 for their loyalty during the naval mutinies of 1797.
	www.daliatrevino.com /Nelson&TheRoyalNavy.htm (6183 words)

	Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy, M1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		When she was found to be immovable with water in the hold, she was set on fire and blew up on the evening of the 24th.
		Her people, with those from SIRIUS, were removed to IPHEGENIA which was warped out of the channel.
		In April 1797 the crews of the ships at Spithead, including that of MARLBOROUGH, mutinied, and eventually their quite legitimate grievences were conceded by the Navy Commissioners and a pardon proclaimed on 22 April.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /M1.HTM (17216 words)

	Lasting Lessons of Trafalgar
		At first light on 19 October, the frigate HMS Sirius, cruising on station off Cadiz, hoisted the signal that the Combined Fleet was preparing to get underway.
		During the approach, Nelson, in HMS Victory, led the weather division's four three-deckers and eight other men-of-war.
		HMS Victory hit the enemy line about 45 minutes after the lee division's first contact.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,NH_0905_Lessons-P2,00.html (2532 words)

	Military History Online
		In the Battle of St. Vincent in February 1797, although a commodore, he led a boarding party across first one enemy ship, and then proceeded to use that as a bridge to capture yet another.
		I have always associated the HMS Victory with Nelson and it was, therefore, natural that I would visit this ship during a stay with my uncle, a naval officer, who was then doing a training course in Portsmouth.
		Attached as he was to the comforts of their home, it is typical of the man that he decided to depart for Portsmouth to rejoin HMS Victory when hearing rumours that Villeneuve might leave his safe haven.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /napoleonicwars/articles/trafalgarremembered.aspx (2360 words)

	Descend_B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		In 1797, he was living with Margaret Dawson and a daughter Jane was born that year.
		He was transferred from HMS Sirius to the colony and set to work on the construction of public buildings in May 1788.
		Henry Brewer joined the Navy as a volunteer in 1778 and joined HMS Sirius as a midshipman in orderr to act as Captain Phillip's clerk.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~ausnavy/descend_b.htm (501 words)

	Spartiate - Tree For All
		Like HMS Tonnant, the Spartiate was a French ship captured at the battle of the Nile in 1798, and had been built at Toulon as an 80 gun ship.
		Her crew regarded her rather differently, and claimed that she sailed at a faster speed at night than during the day, being bewitched because she must be built of stolen timber.
		Returning to Europe with Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, she was the last in line of the division led by HMS Victory, and with Minotaur, engaged the French and Spanish ships cut off at the front of their fleet.
	www.treeforall.org.uk /trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Spartiate (762 words)

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		The fictitious H.M.S. Worcester represents the 40 boat "Armada" class of 1806, which were designed by committee and hurriedly built under the press of active hostility.
		Capt Aubrey's beloved H.M.S. Surprise is in the foreground as a cutter leaves the dock.
		In this Mediterranean scene we see the frigate HMS Surprise arriving with dipatches for Admiral Thornton who is flying his flag in the massive 110-gun HMS Ocean.
	www.sea-room.com /catalog-prints.html (3192 words)

	Raper, George - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		Four years later (22 December 1786) he was transferred to the HMS Sirius as an Abel Seaman and later (13 May 1787) set off with the rest of the First Fleet to the British colony at New South Wales.
		By February 1790, the colony was once again short of supplies, so the Sirius and the Supply were sent to Norfolk Island to relocate two hundred of the convicts to ease the burden.
		He was given command of the Expedition on 20 July 1796 and died of unknown causes in 1797 at the young age of twenty-eight.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P001148b.htm (551 words)

	FamilyHistoryArticles.com
		Stranded at Norfolk Island after Sirius was wrecked in March 1790, he returned to Port Jackson by 'Supply' in February 1791 and went back to the island by the same ship in March 1791 to become a settler.
		WATSON, Robert (1756-1819), harbourmaster, arrived with the First Fleet as quartermaster of H.M.S. Sirius, and was still serving in that capacity when the ship was wrecked at Norfolk Island in 1790.
		Robert Watson was Quartermaster and sail maker on HMS Sirius and is reputed to have been one of the first to set foot on Australian soil.
	www.familyhistoryarticles.com /ezineready.php?id=6 (5157 words)

	Yap Ships
		HMS SIRIUS, Lt William Bradley, on voyage from New South Wales to Batavia.
		HMS SUFFOLK, under Admiral Rainer, in companv with British transport GLOUCESTER, Lt King.
		The ship was stopped by the HMS Barrosa and investigated on its labor practices, but allowed to continue on its way.
	www.micsem.org /pubs/articles/historical/forships/yap.htm (4966 words)

	Raper, George - botanical illustrator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Born in England, Raper was an untrained artist who joined the British Navy as an able seaman and was promoted to midshipman during the voyage of the First Fleet to Port Jackson.
		He served on HMS Sirius and was about 20 years of age when he landed in New South Wales.
		One of the first artists to record European settlement in Australia, George Raper used his natural talent to draw the flowers, plants and birds he observed in the South Seas.
	www.anbg.gov.au /biography/raper-george.html (210 words)

	Penrith City Council - E-History - Land Grantees T-Z
		Rev Samuel Marsden praised Thompson's actions in the 1806 Hawkesbury floods when he saved the lives of 101 residents, plucking them from their rooftops in one of his boats.
		Woodriff joined the Royal Navy at the age of six as servant to his uncle on H.M.S. Ludlow Castle. He fought in the American War of Independence.
		He was part of the unsuccessful attempt to capture the John Paul Jones who sank and captured British shipping in the North Sea.
	www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au /index.asp?id=1481 (742 words)

	Robert Hughes
		Sirius, dreamed of Palladian villas on the shores and islands of "this extraordinary harbour"--"charm'g seats, superb buildings, the grand ruins of stately edifices.
		Sirius reached Cape Town in three months, instead of the five the western route against the prevailing winds would likely have taken.
		Sirius had struck a reef at Norfolk Island and was a total wreck.
	cstl-cla.semo.edu /zeller/fs84.htm (13999 words)

	Greastests Empire To Ever Live - History Forum
		Looked up HMS Derwent, was actually a fairly new ship in 1811, had only been launched in 1807.
		I don't think the slaves freed by the British ships would have would have thought ill of the navy for violating the 'rights' of neutral vessels - if it involves freeing slaves then interfering in other countries affairs is fully justified.
		In your transporting slaves to Brasil example, of course British ships had a right to interfere - all countries had and have an absolute right, if not a duty, to suppress the slave trade whereever it is found and whoever is carrying it out.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?act=findpost&pid=65212 (6099 words)

	First Fleet Datum
		On Friday, 25th January, the H.M.S. Supply made history by being the first ship to sail into Port Jackson where she dropped anchor at Sydney Cove, (now Circular Quay) at 7 p.m.
		She was the only ship of the First Fleet to return to Australia apart from the "Sirius" and the "Supply" which sailed to Cape Town and back.
		She was badly burnt in a fire and was bought and rebuilt by the Navy in 1786 and renamed "Sirius".
	www.geocities.com /fellowship_of_first_fleeters/datum.html (3663 words)

	Walkabout - __PAGETITLE__
		The final act in the early exploration of Australia started in 1768 when Captain James Cook, commanding HM Bark Endeavour, was sent to the South Seas to observe the transit of Venus and explore the 'Great South Land'.
		The first fleet consisted of eleven ships: two escorts, HMS Sirius, commanded by Governor Arthur Phillip, and HMS Supply; six transport ships, Alexander, Friendship, Scarborough, Charlotte, Lady Penrhyn and Prince of Wales; and three storeships, Fishburn, Borrowdale and Golden Grove.
		By September the situation was so bad that the last cow had been killed for meat and the HMS Sirius had been despatched to Cape Town to bring back any food they could get.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/thisIsAus (8186 words)

	Pacific Book House - Book Lists
		The Journal of Lieutenant William Bradley RN of HMS Sirius.
		In 1797, the merchant vessel Sydney Cove was on a speculative trading voyage from Bengal, India to the infant colony of Port Jackson, New South Wales.
		H.M. BARK ENDEAVOUR HER PLACE IN AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, With an Account of her Construction and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770.
	www.pacificbookhouse.com.au /catalog/cat60.htm (11823 words)

	Forgotten Sydney, NSW, Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		As Phillip stepped forward to greet Bennelong, one of the natives, believing Bennelong to be in danger, intercepted the Governor and threw a spear which pierced Phillip's shoulder.
		Lt. Henry Waterhouse, Midshipman of HMS Sirius, broke off the spear as the Governor bled profusely.
		From 1797 to 1802 there were increasing hostilities between the original inhabitants and the new settlers.
	www.allthingsaus.com /forgottensydney/places.htm (6680 words)

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