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HMS Success's sister ship Experiment (L)  takes the French ship Telemaque Ships Built by Hugh Blaydes at The Blaydes Shipyard in Kingston upon Hull “HMS  Success”   was a 20-gun  Royal Navy  ship launched in 1740 as the first government contract for the  Blaydes Yard  in Hull. She had a crew of 140 men. She had several famous commanders over her lifetime. She was commissioned in October 1739 at a cost of £4800 and launched in July 1740 under the command of Captain Bradwarden Thomas who took her over the  Atlantic  to  New England . There in October 1742 command passed to Captain  Jack Wickham  who sailed her to  Lisbon  in 1743. In June 1744 she went to  Dunkirk . From January to May 1746, she underwent repairs at  Sheerness Dockyard . She went under further alterations and repair at  Deptford  bringing total costs to £7000 over her original build cost and did not return to action until June ...