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...
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named HMS Sirius after the brightest star in the night sky. HMS Sirius (1786) was the flagship of the First Fleet to Australia. HMS Sirius (1797) was a...
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Navy's HMS Espoir. Furie ( United Netherlands Navy): Action of 24 October 1798: The frigate was captured by the Royal Navy's HMS Sirius (1797). Gantil...
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French sold Vigilance to the Batavian Republic. On 24 October 1798 HMS Sirius (1797) captured in the Texel Waakzaamheid and the frigate Furie. Waakzaamheid...
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Royal Navy's HMS Rose as a captain's servant. After further service on HMS Racehorse, he joined HMS Sirius on 15 November 1786. Sirius, commanded by...
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frigate HMS Sirius in August 1802, where he took part in the blockades of the French and Spanish coasts. With the resumption of the war in May 1803 Sirius was...
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Daniel Southwell (category 1797 deaths)
Southwell (c. 1764 – 21 August 1797) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who as a midshipman was part of the crew of HMS Sirius when it sailed with the First...
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French frigate Magicienne (1778) (redirect from HMS Magicienne (1781))
under Chevalier de Boades, and later under Captain Janvre de la Bouchetière HMS Chatham captured her on 2 September 1781 off Cape Ann. In the action the...
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French frigate Uranie (1788) (redirect from HMS Uranie (1797))
capturing HMS Thames, and was renamed Tartu in honour of her captain, Jean-François Tartu, who was killed in the action. The Royal Navy captured her in 1797. She...
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South Africa on 13 October. On 25 November, Phillip transferred from HMS Sirius to the faster Supply, and with the fleet's faster ships raced ahead to...
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