HMS Success (1825)

Success hove down to Cruizer in Careening Bay, Garden Island after running aground at Carnac Island
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Success
Ordered5 June 1819
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1823
Launched30 August 1825
Commissioned3 June 1825 at Plymouth[1]
ReclassifiedReceiving ship at Portsmouth 1833
FateBroken up at Portsmouth in June 1849
General characteristics
Class and typeAtholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette
Tons burthen499 91/94 bm
Length
  • 113 ft 8 in (34.6 m) (gundeck)
  • 94 ft 8+34 in (28.9 m) (keel)
Beam31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Depth of hold8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement175
Armament

HMS Success was an Atholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate wooden sailing ship notable for exploring Western Australia and the Swan River in 1827 as well as being one of the first ships to arrive at the fledgling Swan River Colony two years later, at which time she ran aground off Carnac Island.

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