Success was originally built as the Bradford , sailed in Sandwich's fleet to pick up the King. 4th rate with 100 men. Refs: 4th rate at 100 men http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica…
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS…
There were two vessels named the "Success" -- the "Old Success," a fifth rate of thirty four guns, and the "Success" (previously the "Bradford"), a fifth rate of twenty four guns (see List of the Royal Navy in 1660, "Archseologia," vol. xlviii., p. 167. ---Wheatley, 1899.
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Cumgranissalis • Link
Success was originally built as the Bradford , sailed in Sandwich's fleet to pick up the King. 4th rate with 100 men.
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4th rate at 100 men
http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica…
success 100 men paid off
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/…
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Terry Foreman • Link
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS…
Bill • Link
There were two vessels named the "Success" -- the "Old Success," a fifth rate of thirty four guns, and the "Success" (previously the "Bradford"), a fifth rate of twenty four guns (see List of the Royal Navy in 1660, "Archseologia," vol. xlviii., p. 167.
---Wheatley, 1899.