HMS President was a 34-gun fourth-rate of the English Navy, built by Peter Pett I at Deptford Dockyard and launched in 1650.

[3] She was ordered in April 1649 as part of the 1649 Programme to be built at Deptford Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright Peter Pett I.

[4] She was commissioned into the Commonwealth Navy under the command of Captain Anthony Young in 1650 for service on the West coast.

At the Battle of Portland she was a member of Robert Blake's Fleet of eighty-four ships from 18 to 20 February 1653.

A few months later she was at the Battle of the Gabbard as part of Blue Squadron, Center Division under the command of Vice-Admiral James Peacock, on 2–3 June 1653.

When Admiral Tromp attempted to reattack on the 3rd he withdrew when a squadron of eighteen ships arrived under the command of Robert Blake.

[8] This fight was followed by the Battle of Scheveningen where she was a member of Red Squadron, Van Division under the command of Vice-Admiral James Peacock on 31 July 1653.

[11] She was rebuilt at Chatham Dockyard in 1663 under the guidance of Master Shipwright Sir Phineas Pett.

She went aground in a storm at Gibraltar on 3 December 1664, however was salved and repaired at Cadiz, Spain.

She participated in the Battle of Lowestoft as a member of Red Squadron, Rear Division under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir William Berkeley, on 3 June 1665.

On 4 June she joined the Four Days' Battle' as a member of Prince Rupert's Squadron, Van division under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Myngs.

[20] As a member of Blue Squadron, Center Division under the command of Admiral Sir Jeremy Smith, she was at the St James Day Battle from 25 to 6 July 1666.

[21] She sailed to the West Indies in the spring of 1667 with Rear-Admiral Sir John Harman's Squadron.

[22] On 2 July 1667 Captain William Hammond took command until he was killed at Surinam on 7 October 1667.

She participated in the Battle of Solebay as a member of Blue squadron, Van Division under command of Rear-Admiral Sir John Kempthorne, on 28 May 1673.

[26] On 17 August 1673 Captain John Wood took command to escort a convoy to Gibraltar in October 1674.

In 1688 She was under Captain Thomas Hopson with Dartmouth's Fleet in October the partook in Londonderry operations in 1689.

[31] In 1896 she sailed to Hudson Bay to recapture Fort York under the command of Captain William Allen.

In 1703 Captain Edward Rumsey took command for convoys to Newfoundland and the West Indies.