HMS Success

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy 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 breakwater in 1707.
* HMS "Success" was a 10-gun sloop 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 ketch launched in 1754. Her fate is unknown.
* HMS "Success" was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1781. She became a convict ship in 1814 and was broken up in 1820.
* HMS "Success" was a 3-gun gunvessel, previously in use as a barge. She was purchased in 1797 and sold in 1802.
* HMS "Success" 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 "Success" was a B class destroyer launched in 1901 and wrecked in 1914.
* HMS "Success" was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1919 and was sold in 1937.
* HMS "Success" was an S-class destroyer launched in 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy later that year and renamed HNoMS "Stord". She was broken up in 1959.

ee also

*HMAS "Success"

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