HMS Elizabeth was a 70-gun third rate built at Barnards Yard at Deptford Green by William and Robert Castle of Rotherhithe in 1678/80.

She held an active commission during the War of the English Succession fighting in all three major engagements.

[2] She was ordered in March 1678 to be built under contract by Robert Castle of Deptford on the River Thames.

[5][4] She was commissioned on 18 January 1680 under the temporary command of Captain Tomas Willshaw for delivery to Chatham.

She was under Captain David Mitchell in April 1689 as the Flagship of Admiral Arthur Herbert.

She was in the Battle of Barfleur[2] as a member of Red Squadron, Centre Division between 19 and 22 May 1692.

[3] She was ordered to be rebuilt on 25 February 1699 at Portsmouth Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright Elias Waffe.

[10] She was taken by the French 54-gun L’Auguste and Le Jason plus the 26-gun La Valeur of Duguay-Trouin's Squadron off the Isles of Scilly on 12 November 1704 .