The last fatal voyage of the Sirius was commenced from Sydney on March 6, 1790. She was despatched, in command of Captain Hunter, to Norfolk Island, with Major Ross and two companies of marines and about 200 convicts, and arrived off the island on the 16th of that month. The anchorage as by no means a good one but the passengers were safely landed by means of surfboats. The Sirius remained off the settlement awaiting an opportunity to land her stores, but on March 19 she was carried by the currents on to the reef, where she shortly afterwards went to pieces.
The last fatal voyage of the Sirius was commenced from Sydney on March 6, 1790. She was despatched, in command of Captain Hunter, to Norfolk Island, with Major Ross and two companies of marines and about 200 convicts, and arrived
