The Flamborough sixth rates were basically repeats of the Maidstone Group and designed and built by Richard Stacey, Master Shipwright of Woolwich.

[1] The construction of the vessels was assigned Woolwich dockyard.

As with most vessels of this time period only order and launch dates are available.

The gundeck was 94 feet 0 inches (28.7 metres) with a keel length of 79 feet 8 inches (24.3 metres) for tonnage calculation.

[2] The gun armament as established in 1703 would be twenty 6-pounder cannon mounted on wooden trucks on the upper deck with four 4-pounder guns on the quarterdeck.