![]() HMS Success's sister ship Experiment (L) takes the French ship Telemaque (R)
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Name | HMS Success |
Ordered | 4 October 1739 |
Builder | Hugh Blaydes, Hull |
Cost | £4,838.3.3.d |
Laid down | 30 October 1739 |
Launched | 14 August 1740 |
Completed | 19 October 1740 |
Commissioned | July 1740 |
Fate | Broken up May 1779 |
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Class and type | Sixth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 43642⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 30 ft 8 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 5 in (2.9 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 140 |
Armament | Gundeck: 20 × 9-pounder guns |
HMS Success was a 20-gun Royal Navy ship launched in 1740 as the first government contract for the Blaydes Yard in Hull. She had a crew of 140 men. She had several famous commanders over her lifetime.