 In 1890, "Success" was purchased by a group of entrepreneurs to be refitted as a museum ship to travel the world advertising the perceived horrors of the convict era.Although never a convict ship, "Success" was billed as one, her earlier history being amalgamated with those other ships of the same name including , which had been used in the original European settlement of Western Australia.She was incorrectly promoted as the oldest ship afloat, ahead of the 1797 .