HMS Success (1825)

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HMS Success was a 28-gun sixth rate wooden sailing ship of the Royal Navy. This Success is notable for exploring Western Australia and the Swan River in 1827, while under the command of Captain James Stirling.

[edit] History

Success was launched 31 August 1825^[1] from Pembroke.^[2]

In January of 1827 Success set out, under the command of Captain James Stirling, to explore Western Australia and the Swan River. On 3 December 1829 Success grouded on Carnac Reef .^[3]

In 1832 Success saw "harbor service". In January 1840, Success was a receiving ship in Portsmouth.^[1] She was broken up in 1849.^[2]

[edit] Other Successes

The HMS Success' bona fides were adopted by a different Success, an Australian prison hulk, when it became a museum ship and toured Great Britain and the United States, possibly for promotional reasons.

For other Royal Navy ships of the same name, see HMS Success.

[edit] Reference

1. ^ ^{a b} Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Success. Retrieved on February 14, 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} The SUCCESS - Convict Ship. Retrieved on February 14, 2007.
3. ^ Collection of views predominately of Sydney, Liverpool, and the Sunda Straits, and portraits, ca. 1807, 1829-1847, 1887 / owned by A.W.F. Fuller. Retrieved on February 14, 2007.