H.M. Colonial Schooner Champion was in service with the Colony of Western Australia from 1836 until 1852.
[1] Champion Bay, Geraldton, Western Australia was named after her by Lieutenant John Lort Stokes of HMS Beagle, who surveyed the area in April 1840.
[2] George Fletcher Moore had travelled in Champion to the region and first located the bay in January of that year.
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