HMS Success (1825)

HMS Success (1825)

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.

History

"Success" was launched 31 August 1825cite web |url= http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowShip.php?id=2129 |title= Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Success |accessdate= 2007-02-14] from Pembroke.cite web |url= http://www.aandc.org/research/success.html |title= The SUCCESS - Convict Ship |accessdate= 2007-02-14 ]

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" grounded on Carnac Reef. [cite web |url= http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=px_d41/a1120;seq=9 |title= Collection of views predominately of Sydney, Liverpool, and the Sunda Straits, and portraits, ca. 1807, 1829-1847, 1887 / owned by A.W.F. Fuller |accessdate= 2007-02-14]

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

Other "Success"es

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".

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