Success hove down to Cruizer in Careening Bay, Garden Island after running aground at Carnac Island
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Success |
Ordered | 5 June 1819 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | July 1823 |
Launched | 30 August 1825 |
Commissioned | 3 June 1825 at Plymouth[1] |
Reclassified | Receiving ship at Portsmouth 1833 |
Fate | Broken up at Portsmouth in June 1849 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Atholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate corvette |
Tons burthen | 499 91/94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 31 ft 6 in (9.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 175 |
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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.