During her time in the Commonwealth Navy she partook in the First Anglo-Dutch War being present in the battles of Kentish Knock, Portland and The Gabbard.

[3] She was ordered in December 1649 to be built under contract at Deptford under the guidance of Master Shipwright Henry Johnson.

[1] She was commissioned in 1650 under the command of Captain John Bourne for service at the Downs and the east coast of England.

[8] Her next fight was at the Battle of Portland on 18 February 1653 as Flagship of Rear Admiral John Bourne, Rear-Admiral of the Blue.

She was at the Battle of the Gabbard as a member White Squadron, Center Division on 2–3 June 1653.

She partook in the Battle of Lowestoft as a Blue Squadron, Rear Division on 3 June 1665.

[12] One year later she partook in the Four Days' Battle as a Blue Squadron, Van Division from 1 to 4 June 1666.

[13] On 25 July 1666 as a member White Squadron, Center Division she participated in the St James Day Battle.

[14] She sailed with Rear-Admiral Sir John Harmon's Squadron for the West Indies.

Captain Thomas Gardner held command from 5 November 1677 until his death on 13 April 1679.

From 18 May 1680 until 27 July 1682 Captain Sir Robert Robinson held command for service in Newfoundland.

[16][17] Her gun armament in 1688 was 40 guns and consisted of twenty culverins (drakes)[18][Note 6] on the lower deck (LD), eighteen demi-culverines on the upper deck, four saker cutts[19][Note 7] on the quarterdeck (QD).

[16] She was ordered on 29 April 1699 to be rebuilt at Deptford Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright Samuel Miller.

In 1702 she was under Captain Robert Arris and sailed with Commodore John Leake's squadron to Newfoundland at the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession.

1709 she had a new commander, Captain Abraham Tudor until he was killed in action against Duguay-Trouin's Squadron on 2 March 1709.

[20] She was ordered on 15 October 1710 to be rebuilt by William Johnson of Limehouse on the River Thames.

[23][24] She was commissioned in 1714 under the command of Captain Edward Vernon for Norris's Fleet in the Baltic.

In 1719 she was under the command of Captain Edward Holland for service with Norris's Fleet in the Baltic.

[23] She was ordered on 27 January 1720 to be rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright John Hayward.

[2][25] She was commissioned in 1726 under the command of Captain Nicholas Eaton for Wager's Fleet in the Baltic.

Later in the fall she was under Captain George Proctor with Wager's Fleet in the Straits of Gibraltar in 1727.

[2] After nearly 95 years of service she sunk as a breakwater at Sheerness by Admiralty Order (AO) 10 January 1746 on 14 December 1745[2][25]