Success Bank
Success Bank is a sandbank to the north of Cockburn Sound, off Fremantle, Western Australia within the limits of the Fremantle Outer Harbour.
The bank lies to the west of Owen Anchorage.
It is about deep and is just to the south of the main shipping channel of Gage Roads.
Success Bank was named by Captain James Stirling after his ship, which was used for a preliminary exploration of the Swan River region in 1827. On 28 November 1829, Success revisited Western Australia and ran aground on Carnac Reef, a shoal further to the south, causing extensive damage.
Description
The sandbank extends about from the coast in a west and north-west direction, and is up to wide. It covers an area of. Two approximately man-made shipping channels, built for the Fremantle Port Authority to carry cargo and other deep water ships to and from Gage Roads through to Cockburn Sound, divide the sandbar. The name is Success Channel.Success Bank is covered extensively with the seagrasses Posidonia and Amphibolis griffithii.
Parmelia Bank is a slightly smaller bank and runs approximately parallel to Success Bank, about further south extending from Woodman Point, almost to Carnac Island.