HMS Scarborough was a 32-gun fifth rate built under contract by James Parker of Southampton in 1695/96.

She was captured by the French, then recaptured by the British and renamed Garland, She was converted to a fireship for the Baltic then the Mediterranean.

[1] As HMS Garland, she was the fifth vessel to bear this name since it was used for a 38/48-gun galleon built in 1590 and sunk as a wharf in 1618 at Chatham.

She went to the West Indies to reinforce Vice-Admiral John Neville in 1697 with Captain George Mee's Squadron.

After the death of Admiral Neville, Captain Thomas Dilkes brought the squadron to Home Waters.

[10] She was recommissioned in April 1712 under Captain Walter Ross and sailed to Home Waters to pay off.

She underwent a Large repair costing £3,172.17.7d[Note 5] from May to October 1712 at Woolwich Dockyard.

She was recommissioned as HMS Garland in June 1712 under the command of Lieutenant John Ogilvie followed by Captain Edmund Hooke in July.

She underwent a small repair and conversion to a fireship costing £840.19.1.25d[Note 6] from February to March 1717.

Upon her return, she was assigned as a quarantine guardship at the Nore under the command of Captain John Feller in April 1721.

[4] She was ordered rebuilt at Sheerness Dockyard under the guidance of Master Shipwright John Ward on 12 October 1721.

[12] She was commissioned in 1727 under the command of Captain Daniel Morris for service with Sir John Norris's Fleet in the Baltic.

She underwent a small repair costing £1,326.18.5d[Note 8] between September and December 1733 at Portsmouth.