HMS Success (1712)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Success.

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Success
Ordered9 October 1711
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Portsmouth
Launched30 April 1712
Completed3 July 1712
Commissioned1715
FateSold at Plymouth 22 July 1743
General characteristics
Type24-gun Sixth Rate
Tons burthen274+89⁄94 bm
Length
  • 94 ft 6 in (28.8 m) gundeck
  • 73 ft 4.5 in (22.4 m) keel for tonnage
Beam26 ft 6.5 in (8.1 m) for tonnage
Depth of hold11 ft 10 in (3.6 m)
Sail planship-rigged
Armament
  • 20 × 6-pdr 19 cwt guns on wooden trucks (UD)
  • 4 × 4-pdr 12 cwt guns on wooden trucks (QD)

HMS Success was a member of the Gibraltar Group of 24-gun sixth rates.[1] After commissioning she spent her career in Home waters, the West Indies and the North America on trade protection duties. She was sold in 1743.[2]

Success was the sixth named vessel since it was used for a 34-gun ship captured from the French (Jules) on 19 October 1650 and sold in 1662 (known as Old Success from 1660).[3]

  1. ^ Winfield 2009
  2. ^ Winfield 2009
  3. ^ Colledge