HMS Triumph (1698)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	Triumph
Builder	Robert Lee, Chatham Dockyard
Launched	2 March 1697
Renamed	HMS Prince, 1714
Fate	Broken up, 1773
Notes	Participated in: Battle of Lagos
General characteristics as built
Class and type	90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	148244⁄94 bm
Length	160 ft 1 in (48.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam	46 ft 1.5 in (14.1 m)
Depth of hold	18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	90 gun, comprising: 22 demi-cannons 30 culverins 36 sakers 2 x 3-pounders
General characteristics after 1750 rebuild
Class and type	1741 proposals 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1677 bm
Length	168 ft (51.2 m) (gundeck)
Beam	48 ft (14.6 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft 2 in (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.