HMS Success
On 23 September 1829, the Royal Navy ship HMS Success, Captain Jervois, arrived at the Bay from Sydney, cruising.
Success
In 1839, Johnny Jones purchased Success, and enlisted Edward Catlin as her master. The schooner was to become the first locally owned whaler working out of Bluff under Captain Sterling.
In 1842, she delivered the first two white women to settle in Southland, Elizabeth Stevens and Mrs Paulin, both relations of Captain Howell of Jacob’s River. Among the new arrivals was also the first white child to reside in the south, much to the fascination of the local Maori.
Sadly Success ran out of luck just a few years later, when she was totally wrecked at Bluff after her crew had spent the night in James Spencer’s pub.
In 1842, she delivered the first two white women to settle in Southland, Elizabeth Stevens and Mrs Paulin, both relations of Captain Howell of Jacob’s River. Among the new arrivals was also the first white child to reside in the south, much to the fascination of the local Maori.
Sadly Success ran out of luck just a few years later, when she was totally wrecked at Bluff after her crew had spent the night in James Spencer’s pub.