HMS Success
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Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS Success, whilst another was planned:
- HMS Success was a 34-gun ship, previously the French ship Jules. She was captured in 1650, renamed HMS Old Success in 1660 and was sold in 1662.
- HMS Success was a 24-gun ship launched in 1655 as HMS Bradford. She was renamed HMS Success in 1660 and was wrecked in 1680.
- HMS Success was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672. She foundered in 1673.
- HMS Success was a store hulk purchased in 1692 and sunk as a breakwaterBreakwater (structure)Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defence or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift.-Purposes of breakwaters:...
in 1707. - HMS Success was a 10-gun sloopSloop-of-warIn the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
purchased in 1709 and captured by the French in 1710 off Lisbon. - HMS Success was a 24-gun storeship launched in 1709, hulked in 1730 and sold in 1748.
- HMS Success was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712, converted to a fireship in 1739 and sold in 1743.
- HMS Success was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1736. Her fate is unknown.
- HMS Success was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1740 and broken up in 1779.
- HMS Success was a 14-gun ketchKetchA ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward...
launched in 1754. Her fate is unknown. - HMS Success was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1781, captured by the French in 1801 and recaptured the same year. She became a convict shipConvict shipThe term convict ship is a colloquial term used to describe any ship engaged on a voyage to carry convicted felons under sentence of penal transportation from their place of conviction to their place of exile.-Colonial practice:...
in 1814 and was broken up in 1820. - HMS Success was a 3-gun gunvesselGunboatA gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
, previously in use as a bargeBargeA barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...
. She was purchased in 1797 and sold in 1802. - HMS SuccessHMS Success (1825)HMS Success was an Atholl-class 28-gun sixth-rate wooden sailing ship notable for exploring Western Australia and the Swan River in 1827 as well as being one of the first ships to arrive at the fledgling Swan River Colony two years later, at which time she ran aground off Carnac Island.- History...
was a 28 gun sixth rate launched in 1825. She was used for harbour service from 1832 and was broken up 1849. - HMS Success was to have been a wood screw sloop. She was ordered but not laid down and was cancelled in 1863.
- HMS SuccessHMS Success (1901)HMS Success was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1901. On 27 December 1914 she was wrecked off Fifeness during heavy gales....
was a B classB class destroyer (1913)The B class as designated in 1913 was a heterogeneous group of torpedo boat destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1890s. They were constructed to the individual designs of their builders to meet Admiralty specifications, the uniting feature being a specified top speed of and 4 funnels,...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
launched in 1901 and wrecked in 1914. - HMS Success was an S-classS class destroyer (1916)The S class were a class of 67 destroyers built from 1917 for the Royal Navy. The design was based on the Admiralty modified R class and all ships had names beginning with S or T....
destroyer launched in 1918. She was transferred to the Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian NavyThe Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...
in 1919 and was sold in 1937. - HMS Success was an S-class destroyerS and T class destroyerThe S and T class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were built as two flotillas, known as the 5th and 6th Emergency Flotilla respectively and they served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II.-Design features:The S class, introduced the CP ...
launched in 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Norwegian NavyRoyal Norwegian NavyThe Royal Norwegian Navy is the branch of the Norwegian Defence Force responsible for naval operations. , the RNoN consists of approximately 3,700 personnel and 70 vessels, including 5 heavy frigates, 6 submarines, 14 patrol boats, 4 minesweepers, 4 minehunters, 1 mine detection vessel, 4 support...
later that year and renamed HNoMS StordHNoMS StordHNoMS Stord was an S-class destroyer that served with the Royal Norwegian Navy during and after World War II. She was laid down as HMS Success, but transferred to the Norwegians before completion. She was renamed HNoMS Stord when commissioned into the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy on 26 August 1943...
. She was broken up in 1959.