[1] After commissioning she spent her career in Home waters and North America on trade protection duties.

After her rebuild, she served in Home Waters, North America, the West Indies, and the Mediterranean on trade protection.

[3] She was ordered on 24 January 1711 from Deptford Dockyard to be built under the guidance of Joseph Allin, Master Shipwright of Portsmouth.

[Note 2][8] She was commissioned in 1728 under the command of Captain John Byng, RN In July 1728 she was under the command of Captain John Stanley, RN for Wager's Fleet in the straits, then moved to the Mediterranean.

In 1752 Captain Henry Medley was in command for secret service in 1732 then to Maryland in 1733 and then to the Barbary Coast in 1734.

After completion, she was commissioned under Captain John Durell, RN for service in the English Channel.

[10] HMS Gibraltar was sold by Admiralty Order (AO) 23 December 1748 for £340[Note 7] on 16 March 1749.