[8] She was commissioned as Charles into Royalist Navy under Captain Thomas Allin in 1648 to serve with Prince Rupert's squadron at Kinsale, Ireland.

She was commissioned as Guinea into the Parliamentary Navy in 1649 under the command of Captain Thomas Thorowgood for the blockade of Kinsale.

[9] During the First Anglo-Dutch War she partook in the Battle of Kentish Knock as a member of Robert Blake's Fleet on 28 September 1652.

[11] As a member of Red Squadron, Rear Division she took part in the Battle of the Gabbard on 2–3 June 1653.

[12] On 31 July 1653 she participated in the Battle of Scheveningen off Texel as a member Red Squadron, Rear Division.

[14] In 1654 she came under the command of Jonathan Barnes followed by Captain Giles Shelley in 1656 for service with Robert Blakes Fleet until July 1656 then spent time in the English Channel.

She was repaired at Portsmouth under the guidance of Master Shipwright John Tippetts for £646[Note 4] between September 1659 and April 1660.

[15] Captain Hugh Hide was in command from 26 February 1664 to 30 January 1665, during which time it participated in the surrender of New Amsterdam.

She was at the Battle of Orfordness as a member of White Squadron, Van Division on 25 July 1666 where Ashby was mortally wounded, dying on 15 August.