HMS Ludlow was a 32-gun fifth rate built by Mrs. Anne Mundy of Woodbridge in 1697/98.

[1] She was ordered in 1697 to be built under contract by Mrs. Anne Mundy of Woodbridge.

[6] She was commissioned in 1699 under the command of Captain Henry Lumley for service in North America and in the West Indies.

In 1703 he was replaced by Captain William Cock remaining in the West Indies.

[2] She was taken by the 40-gun Frenchman L' Adroit off Gorre on 16 January 1703 losing 30 personnel killed and wounded.