HMAS SUCCESS, (Durance Class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment), was launched at Cockatoo Island Dockyard by Lady Helen Stephens, (wife of the Governor General Sir Ninian Stephens). At the time she was the largest ship built for the RAN and the largest ever built in the port of Sydney. When launching the ship it took twelve blows on the bow to break the bottle of champagne .
Australian Naval History on 3 March 1984
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