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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. == History == Her keel was laid at Pembroke Dock in August 1823 and she was launched on 31 August 1825. She was and , and was a sixth-rate ship with 28 guns, including twenty 32-pounders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Success )〕 She was sent by the Royal Navy on a mission to New South Wales and Melville Island. She made an expedition to the Swan River in 1827, arriving there in early March. Captain James Stirling was in command. There is a record of the expedition, ''An account of the expedition of H.M.S. 'Success', Captain James Stirling, RN., from Sydney, to the Swan River, in 1827'' by Augustus Gilbert. Another account ''The visit of Charles Fraser (the colonial botanist of New South Wales) : to the Swan River in 1827, with his opinion on the suitableness of the district for a settlement'' was published in 1832. On 3 December 1829 ''Success'' was grounded on Carnac Reef.〔(【引用サイトリンク】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 )〕 She was dismantled and repaired, with assistance from HMS ''Cruizer''. In 1832 ''Success'' was engaged in harbour service. In January 1840, ''Success'' was a receiving ship in Portsmouth.〔 She was broken up in 1849.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The SUCCESS - Convict Ship )〕 Success Bank, the suburb of Success and a number of other features in Western Australia are named after the ship. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Success (1825)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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