| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Class | Dido |
| Pennant | 82 |
| Built by | Portsmouth D.Y. (Portsmouth, U.K.): Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 15 Dec 1937 |
| Laid down | 6 Apr 1938 |
| Launched | 18 Sep 1940 |
| Commissioned | 6 May 1942 |
| End service | 1949 |
| History | HMS Sirius completion was delayed by German bombing. Arrived at Blyth on 15 October 1956 to be scrapped by Hughes Bolkow. |
Commands listed for HMS Sirius (82)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Patrick William Beresford Brooking, RN | 27 Feb 1942 | late 1943 |
| 2 | Capt. Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards, RN | late 1943 | 21 Aug 1945 |
| 3 | Capt. Philip Sydney Smith, RN | 21 Aug 1945 | Jun 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Sirius include:
7 Oct 1943
The British light cruisers HMS Penelope (Capt. G.D. Belben, DSC, RN) and HMS Sirius (Capt. P.B.W. Brooking, DSO, RN) and the British destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. A.K. Scott-Moncrieff, DSO, RN) and HMS Fury (Lt.Cdr. T.F. Taylor, RN), north of Astipalea (Stampalia) in the Dodecanese, attacked a German convoy consisting of the auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2111 (667 tons, former Italian Tramaglio), cargo Olympus (5216 GRT) and 7 MFPs, sinking all but one MFP.
On the return leg of the mission, the British were repeatedly attacked by German planes while transiting Karpathos Strait (Scarpanto).