HMS Flamborough was a member of the standardized 20-gun sixth rates built at the end of the 17th century.

[1] Flamborough was the first ship to bear this name in the Royal Navy.

[2] She was ordered in the Fourth Batch of four ships from Chatham Dockyard to be built under the guidance of their Master Shipwright, Robert Lee.

Captain Josiah Mighells, RN, became her commander on 31 March 1703 assigned to Shovell's fleet and went to the Mediterranean.

[4] HMS Flamborough was captured by the French 50-gun Le Jason off Cape Spartel, Morocco on 10 October 1705 and scuttled.