British sixth rate ship 'Success' (1740)

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Nominal Guns20BWAS-1714
NationalityGreat BritainBWAS-1714
OperatorThe Royal NavyBWAS-1714
Ordered1739/10/04BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down1739/10/30BWAS-1714
Launched1740/08/14BWAS-1714
How acquiredPurpose builtBWAS-1714
ShipyardHull BWAS-1714
Ship Class1733 Establishment 20-GunnerBWAS-1714
Designed bySurveyors The BWAS-1714
ConstructorHugh Blaydes BWAS-1714
CategorySixth RateBWAS-1714
Ship TypeShip BWAS-1714
Broken Up1779/05BWAS-1714

Dimensions
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck106' 0"Imperial Feet 
Length of Keel87' 3"Imperial Feet26.5938
Breadth30' 8"Imperial Feet9.3472
Depth in Hold9' 5"Imperial Feet 
Burthen442 21⁄94Tons BM 

Armament

1740/08/14Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg) BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20British 9-Pounder
1746Broadside Weight = 102 Imperial Pound ( 46.257 kg) BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck2British 9-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck20British 9-Pounder
Quarterdeck2British 3-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date# of MenNotesSource
1733140Design Complement 
Commanders
FromToRankNameSource
1740/07/151742/11/01CaptainBradhsaw ThompsonBWAS-1714
1742/11/011744/05CaptainJohn WickhamBWAS-1714
1744/051744/12/29CaptainHenry StewartBWAS-1714
1744/12/291746/01CaptainJohn AmherstBWAS-1714
1746/051747CaptainEdward FalkinghamBWAS-1714
1749/031752CaptainAlexander ColvillBWAS-1714
1754/031756CaptainJohn RousBWAS-1714
1757/02/031759/11CaptainPaul Henry OurryBWAS-1714
1759/111760LieutenantThomas NeilsonBWAS-1714
17601761CaptainGeorge WatsonBWAS-1714
17611761/07CaptainRobert KeelerBWAS-1714
1761/071761/07CaptainGeorge WatsonBWAS-1714
1762/04/071764/02CaptainJohn BotterellBWAS-1714
Service History
DateEvent Source
1740/08/14building at Hull at a cost of £4838.3.3dBWAS-1714
1742In New EnglandBWAS-1714
1743Off LisbonBWAS-1714
1744/06Off DunkirkBWAS-1714
1746/01Began small repair at Sheerness Dockyard BWAS-1714
1746/05Completed small repair at Sheerness Dockyard at a cost of £1311.13.9dBWAS-1714
1748/03Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1748/03/29SurveyedBWAS-1714
1749/03RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1749/04Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £2290.9.9dBWAS-1714
1749/04Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1749/05Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £3496.12.8dBWAS-1714
1749/06Sailed for New EnglandBWAS-1714
1752Returned home and paid off?BWAS-1714
1753/02/27SurveyedBWAS-1714
1753/08Began great repair at Woolwich Dockyard BWAS-1714
1753/09/06SurveyedBWAS-1714
1754/03RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1754/05Completed great repair at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £7012.7.4dBWAS-1714
1757At HalifaxBWAS-1714
1758/01Began refitting at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1758/03Completed refitting at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £2788.18.11dBWAS-1714
1758/06Operations against St Malo, Cherbourg and St CasBWAS-1714
1759/01/20Sailed with a convoy to South CarolinaBWAS-1714
1761/03/10Sailed for South CarolinaBWAS-1714
1761/07/30SurveyedBWAS-1714
1761/08Began middling repair at Deptford Dockyard BWAS-1714
1761/09/29SurveyedBWAS-1714
1762/04RecommissionedBWAS-1714
1762/05Completed middling repair at Deptford Dockyard at a cost of £5241.17.7dBWAS-1714
1762/06/25Sailed for South CarolinaBWAS-1714
1764/02Paid offBWAS-1714
1764/04SurveyedBWAS-1714
1779/04/01Ordered to be broken upBWAS-1714
1779/05Broken up at SheernessBWAS-1714

Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1714 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792Rif WinfieldBook
 
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