HMS Scarborough (1694)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Scarborough.
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Milford.

History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Scarborough
Ordered10 March 1693
BuilderWoolwich Dockyard
Launched15 February 1694
CommissionedJanuary 1694
Captured18 July 1694
FateTaken by two French Privateers and incorporated in to French Service
France
NameLe Duc de Chaulnes
Acquired1694
In service1694–1697
Captured15 February 1697
FateTaken by two English men-of-war and renamed HMS Milford
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Milford
Acquired15 February 1697
Commissioned1700
FateWrecked on Cape Corrientes, Cuba on 18 June 1720
General characteristics as built
Class and type30-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen37435⁄94 tons (bm)
Length
  • 104 ft 10 in (31.95 m) gundeck
  • 84 ft 5 in (25.73 m) keel for tonnage
Beam28 ft 10.5 in (8.801 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 1703 Establishment 32/28 guns
  • 4/4 × demi-culverins (LD)
  • 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD)
  • 6/4 × 4-pdr guns(QD)
General characteristics 1705 rebuild
Class and type36-gun fifth rate
Tons burthen42089⁄94 tons (bm)
Length
  • 108 ft 7.5 in (33.11 m) gundeck
  • 88 ft 11 in (27.10 m) keel for tonnage
Beam29 ft 10 in (9.09 m)
Depth of hold11 ft 10.5 in (3.62 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 36/30 guns
  • 8/6 × 12-pdr guns (LD)
  • 22/20 × 6-pdr guns (UD)
  • 6/4 × 6-pdr guns (QD)

HMS Scarborough was a 32-gun fifth rate vessel built at Woolwich Dockyard in 1693/94. Shortly after commissioning she was taken by two French privateers and went under French service. She was recaptured in 1697 and renamed Milford. She spent some time off Africa then the West Indies. She was rebuilt in 1705. She was in the North Sea, the Mediterranean and finally the West Indies where she was wrecked in 1720.

She was the second vessel to bear the name Scarborough since it was used for a 10-gun ketch, built by Frame of Scarborough 2 May 1691 and captured by the French on 12 January 1693.[1]

As HMS Milford she was the fourth named vessel since it was used for a 22-gun ship built by Page of Wivenhoe in 1654 and named Fagons. She was renamed Milford at the Restoration in May 1660 and burnt by accident at Leghorn on 7 July 1673.[2]

  1. ^ Colledge (2020), Section S, (Scarborough)
  2. ^ Colledge (2020), Section F (Fagons) and M (Milford)