HMS Scarborough, launched at Woolwich Dockyard in 1694, was a 32-gun fifth-rate vessel constructed under the guidance of Master Shipwright Joseph Lawrence. She measured a gundeck length of approximately 104 feet 10 inches, with a keel length of 84 feet 5 inches used for tonnage calculations, a breadth of 28 feet 10.5 inches, and a depth of hold of 11 feet 7 inches. Her initial armament consisted of four demi-culverins on the lower deck, supplemented by 20 to 22 sakers on the upper deck, and four to six minions guns on the quarterdeck, totaling 32 guns. Her early service began in the Irish Channel under Captain Thomas Killingworth. However, shortly after commissioning, she was seized by French privateers—Le Comte de Revel and L'Etoille—off Tory Island in July 1694, resulting in the loss of 32 crew members, including Captain Killingworth. Renamed Le Duc de Chaulnes, she was integrated into French privateer operations until her recapture in September 1697 by HMS Plymouth and HMS Rye, after which she was renamed HMS Milford. Rebuilt at Deptford in 1705, her dimensions increased slightly, with a gundeck length of 108 feet 7.5 inches and a beam of nearly 30 feet, now displacing a tonnage of around 42 tons burthen. Her armament was upgraded to 36 guns during wartime, including eight 12-pounders on the lower deck, twenty-two 6-pounders on the upper deck, and six 6-pounders on the quarterdeck. Commissioned under Captain Philip Stanhope, she participated in notable actions including the siege of Ostend in 1706 and operations in the Mediterranean, where she engaged French ships and convoyed important figures such as the Earl of Peterborough. Throughout her service, HMS Milford operated in European waters, the Mediterranean, and the West Indies. Her final deployment was at Jamaica in 1718 under Captain Peter Chamberlain. Tragically, she was wrecked on Cape Corrientes, Cuba, on June 18, 1720, with the loss of most of her crew, marking the end of her active maritime career. Her service highlights her role during the late 17th and early 18th centuries as a versatile and active warship in various theatres of conflict.

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