She was in active commission during the War of the English Succession participating in the battles of Beachy Head and Barfleur.

Again, for the War of Spanish Succession she was in commission for the operation at Cadiz then returned to England where she sat for two years.

[7] She was ordered in April 1677 to be built at Portsmouth Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright Daniel Furzer.

[8] She was ordered rebuilt after the end of the War of the English Succession at Chatham Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright Daniel Furzer, Jr. She was launched/completed in 1699.

[14][15] With the outbreak of the War of Spanish Succession (1702-1712), she was commissioned under Captain John Knapp for service in Rear-Admiral Sir Stafford Fairborne's Squadron for the expedition to Cadiz, Spain.

Admiral Fairborne's Squadron was detached to reconnoiter Corunna for French ships on 22 July.

[16] On 21 September it was learned that a French Fleet and Spanish treasure ships were in the vicinity of Vigo Bay.

[14] She was under Captain Edward Windsor in 1707 as Commodore Charles Wager's Flagship for operations in the West Indies.

With the intent of attacking the Spanish Treasure prior to it arriving at Havana, Cuba, Commodore Wager sailed in January 1708 to intercept these vessels.

After the action the captains of Portland and Kingston were court martialed and dismissed from their ships and never served againClowes (1898), Chapter XXIII, pages 373-376.

[14] She was ordered rebuilt under the 1706 Establishment at Portsmouth under the guidance of Master Shipwright Richard Stacey.

[Note 2][20][21] She was commissioned as HMS Prince Frederick in 1718 under the command of Captain Covill Mayne for service with Sir John Norris's Fleet in the Baltic sailing on 28 April returning to England in October.

Later in 1718 she was under Captain Robert Haward as Flagship of Rear-Admiral James Mighells in Home Waters.

In May 1719 Captain Edward St Lo was in command as the Flagship of Rear-Admiral Francis Hosier for service in the Baltic.

After peace was declared in 1721, Sir John Norris returned with his Fleet, anchoring at the Nore on 20 October .

In 1723 she was fitted as a guard ship under the command of Captain Edward Falkingham on guardship duties at Portsmouth.

[Note 3][23][24] With the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession (1740–48), she was commissioned in the Spring or early Summer 1740 under the command of Captain George Clinton for service with Sir John Norris's Fleet.

However, in the late summer/early fall of 1740, she was placed under Captain Lord Audrey Beauclerk for service in the West Indies.

She sailed on 26 October 1740 for the West Indies as part of Rear-Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle's Fleet escorting 9,000 troops for an operation at Cartagena, Venezuela.

The British ships then rejoined Admiral Ogle and arrived at Jamaica on 9 January and fell under the command of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon.

She was involved in the general attack carried out on 23 March which included a naval bombardment of the Spanish Fortifications.

With mush dissent between the Army commander, General Wentworth and Vice-Admiral Vernon, the operation was abandoned by 16 April 1741.

[23][27] She was under the temporary command of Captain William Holburne sailing with Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren's Fleet in April 1748.

Under Admiralty Order 2 May 1751 she underwent a great repair at Chatham costing 16,284.12.11d[Note 5] between January 1751 and February 1752.

She was recommissioned in April 1755 under the command of Captain Jervis Porter for service with Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hawke's Fleet.

In August 1758 Captain Robert Routh took command for the capture of Fortress Louisburg[6] in Cape Breton.