SUCCESS, listed as a hired vessel.

1689 - 1692 Fourth Rate, 48 guns; probably the vessel purchased as a hulk at Deptford in 1694.

1694 - 1707, purchased as hulk, after being hired 1689 - 1692. 1707 breakwater. (1)

SUCCESS, store hulk, 524 bm. Purchased 20-AUG-1692. Sunk 13-JAN-1707 as a breakwater at Sheerness. (2)

Reference: Queen's Warrant Book XXIII, pp473, 474-7

'Jan. 15, 1709. Royal Warrant to the Clerk of the Signet for a privy seal to authorise the sale of decayed naval stores as in a schedule annexed which upon a survey have been found unsuitable for the Navy.

`Appending: Order of Council dated St. James's Dec. 30 last directing said sale. Followed by: said schedule of decayed, unserviceable and useless stores in the several Yards of Deptford, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Deal, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Kinsale...the SUCCESS hulk from Deptford carried to Sheerness and sunk there for a breakwater, 1706-7 Jan. 13...' (3)

NB: At the time of loss the Julian ("Old Style") Calendar was still in use in England, and was to continue so until 1752, when the Gregorian ("New Style") Calendar came into force. The New Year additionally began on 25th March, dates between 1st January and 24th March inclusive according to Old Style being one year behind New Style. Some contemporary sources preferred Old Style only; some used both, as in source (3); a few used New Style only. For consistency, all NMR records are indexed with New Style, since that calendar is still in use today. (4)

Hired: 1689 (1)
Purchased: 1692 (2); 1694 (1)
Owner: Royal Navy [all sources]

Date of Loss Qualifier: Actual date of loss

<1> The Sailing Navy List: all the ships of the Royal Navy built, purchased and captured 1688-1860, p190, 336 (Monograph). SKE6712.

<2> J J Colledge, 1989, Ships of the Royal Navy, volume 1, p531 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6390.

<3> Calendar of Treasury Books (Bibliographic reference). SKE56299.