HMS Hastings was a 32-gun fifth rate built under contract by Thomas Ellis of Shoreham in 1694/95.

She spent her brief career on counter piracy patrols and trade protection duties in Home Waters.

She was the first vessel to carry the name Hastings in the English and Royal Navy.

[1] She was ordered on 2 April 1694 to be built under contract by Thomas Ellis of Shoreham.

[6] HMS Hastings was commissioned on 18 June 1695 under the command of Captain John Draper for service in the West Indies.