HMS Solebay was a member of the Gibraltar Group of 24-gun sixth rates.

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

She underwent a great repair of her hull at Deptford at a cost of £2,949.7.51/2[Note 1] from March to August 1720.

[4] She underwent a survey on 6 March 1726 then converted to a bomb ketch and fitted to carry three mortars and six guns at a cost of £1,070.12.0d[Note 2] in June 1726.

[6] Admiralty Order (AO) 8 March 1734 had her converted to an 8-gun fireship at Woolwich at a cost of £1,589.7.9d[Note 4] between February and August 1734.

One year later between May and June 1735 she was converted back to a 20-gun sixth rate at a cost of £1,560.1.5d.