Sireene was a ship sloop with a quarterdeck, built at Haarlingen in 1786 for the Dutch admiralty under the 7th Charter.

[2] At Saldanha Bay a squadron of the Batavian Navy, under the command of Rear-Admiral Engelbertus Lucas, surrendered without a fight to a Royal Navy squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral George Elphinstone at Saldanha Bay on 17 August 1796.

At the time of her capture, Sireene was armed with 18 guns, and had a crew of 130 men.

[4] The Royal Navy commissioned her in May 1797 under Commander James Brisbane for transit back to Britain.

The Admiralty renamed her HMS Daphne, and Commander Benjamin Page replaced Brisbane, but she was paid off in November.