HMS Success (1740)

HMS Success's sister ship Experiment (L) takes the French ship Telemaque (R)
History
Great Britain
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
General characteristics
Class and type	Sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen	43642⁄94 (bm)
Length	106 ft (32.3 m) (gundeck) 87 ft 3 in (26.6 m) (keel)
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.