HMS Triumph (1698)

HMS Triumph was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Chatham Dockyard on 2 March 1697.[3] She was renamed HMS Prince in 1714.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Triumph and HMS Prince.

History
Royal Navy EnsignGreat Britain
NameTriumph
BuilderRobert Lee, Chatham Dockyard
Launched2 March 1697
RenamedHMS Prince, 1714
FateBroken up, 1773
Notes
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen148244⁄94 bm
Length160 ft 1 in (48.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam46 ft 1.5 in (14.1 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement
General characteristics after 1750 rebuild[2]
Class and type1741 proposals 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1677 bm
Length168 ft (51.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft (14.6 m)
Depth of hold20 ft 2 in (6.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 90 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs
  • Middle gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

Triumph was commissioned in February 1702 as the flagship of Admiral Sir George Rooke. Rooke's flag captains were William Bokenham and John Fletcher, though Bokenham was transferred to another vessel five months later. In November 1702 the ship passed to Rear-Admiral Sir John Graydon, with Captain Richard Hughes as flag-captain. After a voyage with Rooke's squadron to the Spanish port of Cadiz, the ship was paid off in December and her crew dispersed to other vessels.[4]

Triumph was recommissioned in March 1703 under Captain James Stewart, as the flagship of Admiral Cloudisley Shovell. She was assigned to cruise off the Spanish Mediterranean coastline, and was again paid off in March 1704.[4]

She was renamed Prince in 1714. On 13 December 1742 Prince was ordered to be taken to pieces and rebuilt at Chatham, according to the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment. She was relaunched on 8 August 1750.[2]

Prince continued to serve until 1773, when she was broken up.[5]

Notes
  1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p164.
  2. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p171.
  3. "British Second Rate ship of the line 'Triumph' (1698)". Threedecks. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. Winfield 2009, pp.35–36
  5. Ships of the Old Navy, Triumph.

References
  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Michael Phillips. Triumph (90) (1698). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  • Winfield, Rif (2009). British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1603–1714. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848320406.


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