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Destroyer of the Royal Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Success was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 21 March 1901. On 27 December 1914 she was wrecked off Fife Ness during heavy gales.[1]
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Name | HMS Success |
Laid down | 18 September 1899 |
Launched | 21 March 1901 |
Completed | May 1902 |
Commissioned | 9 June 1902 |
Fate | Wrecked on 27 December 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 380 long tons (386 t) |
Length | 214.75 ft (65.46 m) |
Beam | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 10 in (2.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
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HMS Success was ordered on 30 March 1899 from William Doxford & Sons as part of the British Admiralty's 1899–1900 shipbuilding programme,[2] one of twelve "thirty-knotter" destroyers ordered from various shipyards under this programme.[3] Success closely resembled Doxford's Lee, ordered under the 1897–1898 programme, with the major difference being that the ship had three funnels rather than four.[4]
Success was 215 feet (65.53 m) long overall and 210 feet (64.01 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 21 feet (6.40 m) and a draught of 8 feet 10 inches (2.69 m).[4] Displacement was 380 long tons (390 t) light and 425 long tons (432 t) full load.[5] Four Thornycroft boilers fed two triple-expansion engines rated at 6,000 indicated horsepower (4,500 kW) which drove two propeller shafts, giving a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).[4][6] Armament was as standard for the "thirty-knotters", with a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt[lower-alpha 1] (3 in (76 mm) calibre) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (also used as the ship's bridge), with a secondary armament of five 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.[7][8]
Success was laid down at Doxford's Sunderland shipyard as yard number 282 on 18 September 1899, launched on 21 March 1901 and completed in May 1902.[2]
Success was commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 June 1902 by Commander Douglas Nicholson and the crew of HMS Dove, which had been docked for repairs after going aground.[9] She succeeded the latter ship in the Portsmouth instructional flotilla,[10] and took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.[11] Commander Hubert Brand was appointed in command on 20 December 1902,[12] but left after only three weeks in mid-January 1903 to take the command of HMS Arab, which succeeded the Success as senior officer′s ship in the Portsmouth flotilla.[13]
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