HMS Success (1901)

History
United Kingdom
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	vertical triple-expansion steam engines; Coal-fired Normand boilers; 6,000 hp (4,474 kW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 3 × 6-pounder guns; 3 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

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.

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